1. Gregory the shepherd of shepherds has passed away
From the abode of trials to the home of mercies

2. A skillful writer, when he passed away the throne of glory shook
And after him a pillar of great tasks collapsed

3. O Lord of the efforts whose beauties he adorned
He filled the natures with various kinds of blessings

4. He revived knowledge so his remembrance lived
And watered its plants with firm hands

5. O star disappeared from the lands of the East, how much
He illuminated with splendid shining gleams

6. And the hands of fate have refrained from us recording
A day to shine in the horizon of the heavens