1. He turned away from his loved ones and companions,
And left the pastures of his homeland,

2. He left his protector and exchanged a home
For a monastery and made its monks his family,

3. A peerless youth who defies his desires
And defeats the sultan of his devil,

4. Takes off the silk garment and is content
With the garment of asceticism and its roughness,

5. He withstands hardship though driven to it
By the push of his faith,

6. He fights heroically and defeats ignorance
And eliminates misery with his kindness,

7. A messenger of virtue in every region
With many brothers as his fellow messengers,

8. The Jesuit army was but
The shadow of God manifested through His power,

9. A symbol of His might on earth
And the light of His guidance for mankind,

10. He establishes laws by Christ's law
And respects the covenants with his neighbors,

11. He nurtures children with correct knowledge
That flows copiously for the seeker,

12. Were it not for the covenants of knowledge they built
Misguidance would have corrupted its structure,

13. No priest would have risen to a pulpit
To chant His holy verses,

14. Knowledge in the East would have had no meadow
Where birds flock to its branches,

15. The doves yearn for its protection
And the thousands aspire to its peaks,

16. Eloquence flows through it
Like a stream to its clear spring,

17. As if it has an eternal spring
So the life of April never ends,

18. May God protect the people who defended its sanctuary
And tended the shoots of its branches,

19. They made a fountain for its roses
Where knowledge flows in torrents,

20. Every brother pledged to protect it
And stood around it like walls,

21. Keeping vigil over it like a loving father
As if calamity would rob it of sleep,

22. As protective as a father is with his children
And gentle with his little ones,

23. Its horizons fill his vision
And its voices fill his ears,

24. When the eagles of malice attacked it
He repelled them with fiery missiles,

25. So our children are under its protection
Time is unable to breach its walls,

26. None is like the Jesuits in our land
Loyal to Lebanon and its people,

27. He spent a lifetime enduring hardships
For the good of his children and their development,

28. Peace be upon you, O soldiers of Christ
Callers to beauty and virtue,

29. You came when our Lebanon was in darkness
And became the light for its inhabitants,

30. When you cultivated the gardens of knowledge
The Bountiful watered it with His plenty,

31. A century has passed over you
While you are still the cord of spring in its prime,

32. So it is inconceivable that Lebanon will abandon you
Even if they shroud it in its winding cloth!