يا من أعزّ النصارى بابن جنسهم

يحيى بن إسحاق بعد الذل والحرب

O you who honored the Christians through one of their kind

John son of Isaac after humiliation and war

اغضب لدينك وامنع من تهضّمهِ

فقد هوى كلّه للويل والعطب

Be angry for your religion and prevent those who would abuse it

For all of it has fallen into misery and ruin

وابعث له عادلا ترضى خلائقهُ

من خالص الترك أو من سائر العرب

And send to it a just leader whom all people would be satisfied with

One of pure Turkish origin or from the rest of the Arabs