بَزَغَت في بروجها الأَضواءُ

وَسَرت في ظِلالها البُشْراءُ

The lights dawned in its mansions

And the good news spread in its shadows

وَنَما نورُها إِلى كُلِّ صُقعٍ

وَطَوَت ذيلَ سَجفِها الظَلماءُ

And its light grew to every horizon

And its long night has passed

وَرَدَت نَحوَها الخَلائِقُ شَوقاً

كَسقيمٍ لَهُ اِستَقام الدِواءُ

And creatures flocked to it, longing

Like a sick man who found the cure

وَأَتت بَينَ مُخطئٍ وَمُصيبٍ

وَأَحالَ المُصيبَ مِنها الخَطاءُ

It came between one who is wrong and one who is right

And it corrected the mistakes of the one who is wrong

بِسِنانٍ تَلوحُ فيهِ المَنايا

وحُسامٍ يَدِبُّ فيهِ البَلاءُ

With teeth showing death

And a sword bringing affliction

عَمِيَت والمسيحُ لَما أَتاها

قَد شَفاها وَكان مِنهُ الدَواءُ

The blind man came to it, and the Messiah

Healed him, and was his remedy

قَد أَتى قبلَهُ النبيّون طُرّاً

ولكلٍّ إِشارةٌ وَنَباءُ

The prophets came before Him in succession

And each had a sign and news

ما مضَت فَترةٌ مِنَ الرُسلِ إلّا

بشَّرت قومَها بِهِ الأَنبياءُ

No era of the messengers passed

Except their peoples were given good news by the prophets

يا يهوذا يَدوم مُلكُك لكن

بِمجيءِ المسيح يأتي الفَناءُ

Oh Judah, your kingdom will last, but

With the coming of the Messiah will be destruction

ويقول الكليمُ يَظهَرُ بَعدي

ذو كتابٍ وشَرعُهُ النَعماءُ

And the Word says, after me will appear

One with a book, whose law is the best

ظهَرَ اللَهُ وَهوَ إِبنُ بَتولٍ

بنت حَوّا وَجَدُّهُ يساءُ

God has appeared and He is the Son of a Virgin

Daughter of Huwah, and her grandfather is Yashah

أنهَج الحقَّ ظاهراً وَمُضيئاً

وجَليّاً يَزينُهُ الإِستِواءُ

He preached the truth, bright and shining

Clear and adorned with moderation

وأَشَعيا يَقولُ قَولَ صَدوقٍ

وصَريحٍ يَبُثُّهُ الإيماءُ

And Isaiah speaks words of a truth teller

Which he utters clearly with gestures

إنَّ بَكراً تكونُ عَذرا وحُبلى

بوَليدٍ يكون فيهِ النجاءُ

That a virgin will conceive and be pregnant

With a boy in whom is salvation

عَمنُوِيلٌ هُوَ اِسمُهُ وكُناهُ

رُبَّ إِسمٍ دَليلُهُ المَعناءُ

Emmanuel is His name and title

The meaning of a name is its sign

نَشَرَ السيدُ المسيحُ علينا

ما طَواهُ النَباءُ والأَنبياءُ

The Lord Messiah has explained to us

What the prophecies and prophets concealed

وَبهِ تَمَّتِ الرُموزُ وحقَّت

ما رَوتهُ العُقولُ والآراءُ

And by Him, the symbols were fulfilled and validated

What minds and opinions have conveyed

بَشَّرَ الكونُ بعضُهُ البَعضَ أَن قد

وَفَدَ اللَهُ وَاِستقامَ الهناءُ

The universe gave each other good news that

God has come and prosperity is straight

أَصبَحَت جَمرةُ المجوس رَماداً

وَعَلاها الهُمودُ والإِطفاءُ

The Magi’s embers have become ashes

And smoke and extinction are over it

وعرا الأوثانَ ريحٌ سَحوقٌ

سَحقتهُم فَهُم لذاكَ هَباءُ

And the idols were struck by a devastating wind

That pulverized them, so they became dust

فغزاها البَوارُ مِنهُ صَباحاً

وَسقاها الدَمارَ ذاك المساءُ

So it deserted them at dawn

And destruction watered them that evening

آلَ شَوقي لآلِ بَيتِ يَهوذا

رُبَّ شَوقٍ تُبيدُهُ الدَعواءُ

Oh Shauqi, for the House of Judah

Many a desire is destroyed by false hopes

وَعَرَفْنِي حبيبُ قلبيَ لمّا

وَسَمَتني بدَمعِها الخَنساءُ

And the beloved of my heart recognized me when

The sneaky one branded me with her tears

فغَرامي بحُبِّهِم كَفُؤادي

وفؤادي تُذيبُهُ البَلواءُ

So my love for them is like my heart

And my heart is melted by tribulation

يا إلهي أَتيتُ بابَكَ طَوعاً

واطمأَنَّت بِرِفدك الحَوباءُ

My God, I came to Your door willingly

And the confused found tranquility in Your pool

فملأتَ الزَمان أَمناً وَفَوزاً

يا مَسيحاً لم تَرْقَهُ المُسحاءُ

So You filled time with safety and success

O Messiah, whom the touchers could not touch

فخرَ الدهرُ فيك واهتزَّ تيهاً

وعلاهُ البهاءُ والإزدهاءُ

So the age took pride in You and wandered confused

And it was exalted by splendor and glory

سَمَتِ الأَرضُ مذ وطِئتَ ثَراها

وسما قبلَها العُلا والسماءُ

The earth was named since You walked its soil

And the firmament was named before it

وحملنا إليك أعباءَ إثمٍ

ولكلٍ لشوقهِ أعباءُ

And we carried to You the burdens of sin

And for each his desires are burdens

وذَرينا الدموعَ من مأْقِ جفنٍ

رُبَّ داءٍ يكون فيه الدَواءُ

And we shed tears from the springs of eyelids

Many an illness has in it the cure

ورِكاب الغرامِ في كلِّ خَبتٍ

ووِهادٍ تُضِلُّها الأعداءُ

And the ships of passion are in every ravine

And valley misled by enemies

فاهدِها للسِراطِ يا خيرَ هادٍ

وأَرِحها يا مَن بهِ الإِهتداءُ

So guide them to the path, O best guide

And relieve them, O You in whom is guidance

مريمُ البِكرُ ذاتُ كلِّ سناءٍ

تخدِمُ الأرضُ نَعلَها والسماءُ

Mary the Virgin, of all glory

The earth serves her shoes and the sky

لُجُّ بَحرٍ قَرارُهُ مُستمِدٌّ

سِرَّ ربٍّ تَهابهُ الحُكماءُ

A deep sea, its stillness endless

A secret of the Lord, feared by the wise

فعليها السلامُ ما لاحَ بَرقٌ

تَحتَ ليلٍ وِشاحُهُ الظَلماءُ

Upon her is peace, whenever lightning flashed

Under a night whose dress is darkness