1. يا من حملتِ إلهَ العاملين ومن

    منها تجسَّد ذا من غير ما رجلِ

    O you who bore the God of those who labor, and you

    from whom he took flesh without any man.

  2. بِكراً وَلدت وأنت البكر ذا عجبٌ

    عن البكارة في الميلاد لم تَحُل

    As a virgin you gave birth, and you are the Virgin—what a wonder!

    In giving birth, you did not depart from virginity.

  3. سِمعانُ سِمعانُ هذا الإبن يَرضع من

    عذراء قد جل عن مِثلٍ وعن مَثل

    Simeon, Simeon, this Son suckles from

    a virgin; he is exalted beyond any equal or likeness.

  4. فاقبله طفلاً أتتك الأم حاملةً

    له وفيها اختفى كالشمس في الطَفَل

    So receive him as a child; the mother has come to you carrying

    him; within her he lay hidden, like the sun at dusk.

  5. هذا الأسير طليق العمر ذا عجباً

    فهل رأيت أسيراً غير معتَقل

    This captive’s lifespan is unbounded—what a wonder!

    Have you, then, seen a captive who is not confined?

  6. أتاكِ مريمُ يبغي عِتقَه فإذا

    سعيتِ في موته ينجو من الخبَل

    He has come to you, Mary, seeking his release; so if

    you seek his death, he will escape infirmity.

  7. غِيثي أسيراً تحاماه الحِمام فإن

    نأتيه بابنك لم يَثبُت بلا أجل

    Rescue a captive whom death has shunned; for if

    we come to him with your Son, he will not remain without an appointed end.