أَكرِم بشأنِ كنيسةٍ قد شُيِّدَت

أَكرِم بشأنِ كنيسةٍ قد شُيِّدَت

ليُشادَ فيها السُجُ والتقديسُ

ليُشادَ فيها السُجُ والتقديسُ

How noble is the standing of a church that has been built,

Praise the church that was built

that worship and sanctification may be exalted within it.

For worship and sanctification within

قد اشرقت في الغربِ مثلَ مَنارةٍ

قد اشرقت في الغربِ مثلَ مَنارةٍ

تنجابُ منها ظُلمةٌ وبُؤُوسُ

تنجابُ منها ظُلمةٌ وبُؤُوسُ

It has shone in the west like a beacon;

It shone in the West like a lighthouse

darkness and misery are lifted from it.

Dispelling darkness and woes

للشاهد القِدِّيسِ مارجا ورجيوس

للشاهد القِدِّيسِ مارجا ورجيوس

ذا البيتُ فهو بلحظهِ محروسُ

ذا البيتُ فهو بلحظهِ محروسُ

To the holy witness, Saint George,

For the holy martyr Saint Marjou and Saint Rigue

this house belongs; thus it is guarded by his gaze.

This house is protected in an instant

مازال حافظها الذي بُنيت لهُ

مازال حافظها الذي بُنيت لهُ

وعلى اسمهِ مذ أحكِم التأسيسُ

وعلى اسمهِ مذ أحكِم التأسيسُ

He has always guarded it—the one for whom it was built,

Its patron for whom it was built still guards it

and in whose name—ever since its foundation was firmly laid.

And in his name its foundation was laid

ولذا نسال بما تأَرَّخَ كن

ولذا نسال بما تأَرَّخَ كن

لبيتك حافظاً يا أَيُّها القِدِّيسُ

لبيتك حافظاً يا أَيُّها القِدِّيسُ

And so we ask, in the words that mark the date: be

Therefore we ask, as it was chronicled, be

a guardian of your house, O saint.

A guardian for your house, O Saint!