1. أغابِيُسٍْ أُسقُفُ الكُرسيِّ شيَّدَها

    يَبغي بها الأجرَ لا حمداً مِنَ البَشَرِ

    Agapius, bishop of the see, built it,

    Seeking reward through it, not praise from humankind.

  2. فاطلُبْ دُعاهُ بتأريخٍ وقُمْ أبداً

    في الصُّبحِ واسجُدْ أمامَ اللابسِ الظَّفَرِ

    So seek his prayer with a chronogram, and always rise

    In the morning, and prostrate yourself before the one robed in victory.