أجيدي المدح ناظمتي أجيدي

لمريم إنها بحر الحُنُوِّ

My hands skilled in praise, my composer

Of Mary for she is an ocean of tenderness

إلهٌ خصها دون البرايا

ورقَّاها إلى أوج السمو

A God singled her out from all creation

And raised her to the peak of glory

دعاها أُمَّه والأم بكرٌ

فيا للَه من هذا العلو

He called her His mother, and the virgin mother

What glory from the Most High!

أتى منها إلهاً جلَّ قدراً

قصيّاً حل في برج القُصُوِّ

From her came a God, mighty in status

A noble one, settled in the tower of chastity

براها ثم برّاها وأبرا

تُقاها التامَ من أسر العدو

He created her then blessed her and was kind

Protecting her perfectly from the grip of enemies

تلت وحي الإله فأولجته

مقرّاً ظاهراً ضمن التُلُوِّ

She received the revelation of God and instilled it

Openly, within reciting scripture

ولما أن رُني من عين مولىً

قدير خصَّها بعد الرنو

And when she was graced by the eye of the Master

Who singled her out after excellence

دعاها مذ نمت بالفضل حتى

رقت بنموها فوق النمو

He called her since she slept in virtue until

She rose above growth in her growth

فأولدها له أمّاً وبكراً

بناسوت عليٍّ في العلو

And so He gave birth to her as a mother and virgin

In the humanity of the most high ‘Ali

هي ابنة آدم الإنسان لكن

متى قد كان في حال السمو

She is the daughter of Adam the human but

When has one been in such an elevated state?

ولم تعرف خَطاء الجدِّ أصلاً

وهذا القدس من ذاك الخلو

And she did not know the mistakes of ancestors at all

And this purity from that conception

دنا منها إلهٌ حل فيها

وهذا الطهر من ذاك الدنو

A God drew near her and settled in her

And this purity from that impurity

بمولدها اطمأنَّ الخلق طرّاً

ومن بالسجن حسوا بالهُدُوِّ

With her birth, creation was reassured

And those imprisoned felt respite

بها الإيمان أضحى وهو نورٌ

ونار الكفر في طي الخبو

Through her faith became light

And the fire of unbelief dimmed

فإني يا بتولةُ في العذارى

نجيُّك في الرواح وفي الغدو

For I, o maiden, will save you

In spirits and in bodies

فلا أسلوك يا زين البرايا

ولو حض العدو على السلو

So I ask you, beauty of creation

Even if enemies incite evil

وما عرف السلوُّ طريقَ حبي

لمريم فاتركيه إلى العدو

And evil knows not the way to my love

For Mary, so leave it to enemies

بلى إني سموت بها ولكن

خَطائي قد ثناني عن سموي

Yes, I have risen with her but

My mistakes have deterred me from my rising

صبوت إليك من صغري ولكن

صبائي اصطيدَ في شرك الصُبُوِّ

I have longed for you since my youth but

My youth was trapped in the shirk of childhood

أوَدُّ بك المتاب ولي رجاءٌ

بأنك تنجديني بالحنو

I want to repent and I have hope

That you will help me with tenderness