وقَد التَقَينا بعد ذا

كَ وقرَّبَ اللَّهُ المَسافَه

We met again after that

And God brought us closer

حتَّى كأنَّ تَرَقُّبي

إِياكَ زَجرٌ أَو عيافَه

Until my anticipation of you

Seemed like a warning or a scream

ولكَ الأَيادي السَّالِفا

تُ الجارِياتُ مع السُّلافَه

And for you are the past hands

The servants move with the plates

لكنَّني مِن دَرسِهن

نَ اليومَ في بابِ الإِضافَه

But from their lesson

Today I am in the chapter of addition

ولَقَد عرضتُ عَلى الرَّجا

ءِ سِواكَ مَرجُوّاً فَخافَه

And I have presented to people

Other than you hopes so he feared

ما أكتَفي بنداكَ يا

عَبدَ المَسيحِ فكُن كَفافَه

I cannot be satisfied with your call, O

Servant of the Messiah, so be sufficient