1. عجيبٌ أنك العذراء حبلى

    برب قد تعالى في العجائب

    It is wondrous that you, the Virgin, are with child,

    With a Lord exalted in wonders.

  2. ولدتيه وربيتيه طفلاً

    فيرضع ثديك والثدي كاعب

    You bore him and raised him as a child,

    So he suckles your breast, and the breast is budding.

  3. رددت كلما سلبته حوّاً

    بمولودٍ شريفٍ في المناقب

    You restored all that Eve had taken away,

    Through a newborn noble in virtues.

  4. فتحت رتاج دار الخلد حقّاً

    ليدخله أثيمٌ جاء تائب

    You truly opened the gate of the abode of eternity,

    So that a sinner who came repentant might enter it.

  5. فإنك باب مولانا تعالى

    وإنك خدره وضياه ثاقب

    For you are the gate of our Lord, exalted is he,

    And you are his chamber, and his light is piercing.

  6. ألا سروا بمريم مذ حبتكم

    حياةً ما لمشرقها مغارب

    Come, rejoice in Mary, since she has bestowed upon you

    A life whose sunrise has no sunsets.