تبدَّى الهنا والهمُّ أضحى مُبَدَّدا

وقد صاحَ في الأَغصانِ طيرٌ وغرَّدا

The worries have vanished, joy has appeared

And birds have chirped in the branches, singing

واشرقَ بدرُ الأفقِ بعد افولهِ

فزالَ عن الأكبادِ ما كانَ اكمدا

The moon of the horizon has risen after its setting

So grief has departed from hearts where it burned

من الغربِ قد وافَى يضيءُ بأرضنا

وهل قبلهُ بدرٌ من الغربِ قد بدا

From the West it has come to illuminate our land

Has any previous moon from the West shone?

لقد قرَّتِ الأبصارُ يومَ لقآئِه

كما ابيضَّ يومٌ كانَ بالبين اسودا

Eyes were delighted the day they saw him

As a day that was pitch-black turned white

هو العالمُ الفردُ الذي عزَّ مثلُهُ

أديبٌ بجلبابِ الكمالِ قَدِ ارتَدَى

He is the unique scholar, the like of whom is rare

A gentleman cloaked in the robe of perfection

تنزَّهَ عن ثانٍ ولا عَجَبٌ فَمن

رأَى غيرَ بدرٍ في السمآءِ تردَّدا

Beyond any second, and no wonder, for who

Has seen other than the full moon traversing the sky?

لقد قامَ في صدرِ الكنيسةِ راعياً

فكانَ لها ركناً من المجدِ شُيّدا

He arose as a shepherd in the heart of the church

And for it he was a pillar of glory erected

بهِ اجتمعت أَبهى المناقبِ فاستَوَت

عبيداً لهُ إذ قامَ فيهنَّ سيّدا

In him gathered the finest attributes until

They stood as his servants when he stood as their lord

لقد رقَّ طبعاً مثلماراقَ ودُّهُ

وقد طابَ خُلقاً مثلما طابَ مولدا

Refined was his nature, as refined was his affection

And good was his character, as good was his birth

تهلَّلَ ربِعٌ حلَّ فيهِ فلو مَشَى

لكانَ سَعَى نحو اللقآءِ مجرَّدا

A quarter shone when he settled there, so if he walked

He would have strode barefoot to the encounter

فلا زال في أوجِ العُلَى عالياً كما

يُسَمَّى وفي الدنيا سليماً من الردى

So he remains at the peak of glory, high as

His name, and in the world safe from decay