1. Greetings, O ancient monastery,
As your arches were greeted by defeats,

2. You gored the air above the hill until
The stones and stars touched.

3. For the Almighty, I saw in you a throne
Where the eagle sits or circles around.

4. I knew you in my youth and in my prime
While you kept your august presence.

5. In my intimacy or distress, you remind me
Of the dawn’s glow and the solemn night.

6. How many dawns or sunsets I have
Spent with you as my companion!

7. A warm drizzle or a flash of light
Would delight me before plentiful rain poured down.

8. The face of the sky looked frosty and murky,
While mist shrouded the back of the earth.

9. In your horizons, clouds amassed,
And in the valley, a great flood swelled.

10. How often did I overlook plateaus
And valleys from you as the breeze met me!

11. My dear friends gathered in a porch
Borderd by vines and fig trees.

12. The meadow of chamomile described a carpet
Wished for by wise Solomon.

13. Did a hymn from the mass please us -
Echoed to us in a melodious voice?

14. The elevated bell and cymbal had
An echo, and the incense had fumes.

15. The lilac branches were like virgins,
And the village virgin was a noble queen.

16. In you, different eras passed,
And for them I would pray or fast.

17. My love had the church as its trysting place,
And the corner of my beloved was frail and sickly,

18. She almost melted in faith and love
Like a candle encircled by an affectionate flower.

19. By your life, all that pleased my soul -
I think or dream of it forever.

20. The time of prayer has passed, replaced by
My greetings, O ancient monastery.