اليوم بان العنا عن كل إنسانِ
بالشهم باسيليوسٍ حبر حورانِ
Today the grace has been revealed to every human
With the ink of the inspired Basilius
واليوم أشرق نور العدل وانصرفت
غياهب الجهل عن قاصٍ وعن دان
And today the light of justice has shone and the
Darknesses of ignorance have been dispelled from the judge and the supplicant
واليوم بشت دمشق الشام وابتهجت
بفاضلٍ ما له في الكون من ثان
And today Damascus Levant has brought good tidings
With a virtuous one who has no equal in existence
راعٍ زكٍ طردت أغنام صريرته
به الذئاب وأخزت كل شيطان
A keeper, pure, whose bleating has expelled
The wolves, and has taken every devil
براه خالقه من نور حكمته ال
باقي لتنوير هذا العالم الفاني
His Creator has shown him the light of His wisdom
Remaining to enlighten this fleeting world
يحيى الرفات إذا فازت بمغفرةٍ
منه وينقذها من موتها الثاني
He brings the departed back to life when they attain
Forgiveness from Him and saves them from their second death
من شاء يرعى خراف اللَه آمنةً
في صيرة اللَه من أنسٍ ومن جان
Whoever wishes to shepherd God's sheep safely
In God's fold, from intimacy and from strangeness
يسير سيرك يا مولاي متشحاً
بطاعة اللَه لا غافٍ ولا وان
Walk in your path, my Master, cloaked
In God's obedience, neither heedless nor wavering