1. قلبي بمَدحكَ يربَأُ

    فَخراً وجُرحي يَبرَأُ

    My heart rises through praising you,

    in pride, and my wound heals.

  2. يا كلِمةَ اللَهِ الذي

    فيهِ الخلائقُ تُكلَأُ

    O Word of God, in whom

    all creatures are kept safe,

  3. حتامَ في ليل الأَسى

    حيرانُ مما يَطرأُ

    how long, in sorrow's night,

    must I remain bewildered by what befalls me?

  4. وعلامَ أَني مُخطِئٌ

    وَعَلامَ أَنَّكَ تَجنَأُ

    And why am I a sinner,

    and why do you bend toward me,

  5. إِلّا لأَني ناكثٌ

    عهداً وأَنّكَ ترتأُ

    if not because I break

    a covenant, while you mend it?

  6. يا عُمدتي في شِدَّتي

    ناري بنورِكَ تَطفأُ

    O my support in my distress,

    my fire is quenched by your light.

  7. يَخشى عَذولي فيكمُ

    عَذلي وَعني يَخسأُ

    My reproacher fears, concerning you,

    my reproach, and retreats from me abashed.

  8. إِنّي ببابك قائمٌ

    عبداً رقيقاً يَخذَأُ

    I stand at your door,

    a bondservant bowing in submission.

  9. يا مَورِدَ الظامي الذي

    في غيرِكُم لا يَظمأُ

    O wellspring of the thirsty one who

    thirsts for none but you,

  10. إِنّي بدأتُ بِمَدحِكُم

    والحُكمُ في مَن يَبدأُ

    I have begun by praising you,

    and judgment concerns whoever begins.

  11. كَيفَ السُلوُّ ومُهجَتي

    من نارِ حُبِّكَ تُسلَأُ

    How can I forget, when my heart's blood

    is seared by the fire of your love?

  12. كَيفَ البِعادُ فَعَبرتي

    من بُعدِكم لا تَرقأُ

    How can I stay away, when my tears

    at your absence never cease?

  13. حاشاكُمُ أَن تَهجأوا

    عمَّن بكُم لا يَهجأُ

    Far be it from you to turn away

    from one who never rests in loving you.

  14. خذ يا يسوعُ حُشاشَتي

    هل أنتَ فيها تَبتَأُ

    Take, O Jesus, my life's last spark;

    will you dwell within it?

  15. يا بحرَ فضل زاخرٍ

    والكونُ منهُ يُملَأُ

    O sea of overflowing grace,

    from which the universe is filled,

  16. قد جِئتهُ مُستسقياً

    وَعناكمُ لا يَدنَأُ

    I have come to it seeking water,

    and toil for you is never base.

  17. وجهُ الكريم كَرامةٌ

    عُنوانها لا يَندأُ

    The generous one's face is honor,

    whose sign never grows damp.

  18. عَينُ العدُوِّ تُخيفني

    لكنَّها بكَ تُفقأُ

    The enemy's eye frightens me,

    but through you it is gouged out.

  19. لي في الحسود علامةٌ

    في وجههِ إذ يَحمأُ

    For me, the envious man bears a sign

    on his face when it darkens:

  20. خُبثٌ يَظُنُّ بأَنَّهُ

    بَيني وبَينَكَ يَنزَأُ

    malice—he imagines it

    sows discord between me and you.

  21. هيهاتِ أَن نَخشاهُ إِن

    كُنّا بهِ لا نَعبَأُ

    Far be it that we should fear him, if

    we pay him no heed.

  22. كيفَ اَختَشيهِ ومَريمٌ

    مينا الأمانِ ومَرفأُ

    How can I fear him, when Mary

    is a haven of safety and a harbor?

  23. يا خائفاً من رُزئِهِ

    إِن جِئتَها لا تُرزأُ

    O you who fear the harm he brings,

    if you come to her, you will suffer no loss.

  24. لا يفتأُ القلبُ الشَجي

    يُ مُؤَمِّلاً لا يَفتأُ

    The sorrowful heart never ceases

    to hope—never ceases,

  25. حَقّاً ولو كان العدو

    وُ عليَّ يوماً يَهزأُ

    truly, even if the enemy

    should one day mock me.

  26. إِنّي جَلَوتُ بِحُبِّها

    قَلباً بغيرِكِ يَصدأُ

    Through love for her I have polished

    a heart that rusts without you.

  27. دَرءُ العدُوِّ ببأسهِ

    لكنَّ بأسَكِ أدرأُ

    The enemy repels with his might,

    but your might repels more strongly.

  28. ما أنتِ إِلا في الورى

    رِدءٌ ومِثلكِ يَردأُ

    Among humankind, you are nothing but

    a helper; one such as you gives help.

  29. كم قد رَتَأتُ مُرمِلّاً

    قد خِلتُهُ لا يُرتَأُ

    How many a destitute man have I restored,

    whom I thought could not be restored!

  30. قد ظَلَّ حَرسُكِ حارساً

    بَينَ النَوائب يَكلَأُ

    Your watch has remained a guardian,

    keeping watch amid calamities.

  31. وَلَقَد خبأتكِ في فُؤا

    دٍ ظَلَّ فيكِ يَهجَأُ

    Indeed, I have hidden you within a heart

    that has kept finding rest in you.

  32. ظَنَّ الخبيثُ وشَأنهُ

    في كل يومٍ يَقمأُ

    The wicked one thought—his standing

    dwindles day by day—

  33. أَنّي أَشينُ كَمالَها

    بكلامِهِ أو أَشنَأُ

    that I would mar her perfection

    through his words, or loathe her.

  34. لا تَعذِلاني إِنَّني

    عن حُبِّها لا أَهدَأُ

    Do not reproach me, you two, for I

    never rest from loving her.

  35. قلبي لِسورَةِ صورَةِ ال

    عذراءِ دَهري يَقرأُ

    My heart reads the chapter of the image of the

    Virgin throughout my lifetime.

  36. يا رحمةَ اللَهِ التي

    مَن أَمَّها لا يُكفأُ

    O mercy of God, whom

    no one approaches only to be turned away,

  37. فهِيَ السَلامَةُ والرِضى

    وهي الهُدى والمَخبَأُ

    for she is safety and contentment,

    and she is guidance and shelter.

  38. مَن كان فيها راجِياً

    تَرتَقْ رَجاهُ وتَرفَأُ

    Whoever places hope in her,

    she stitches his hope together and mends it.