Sol 6.1

  1. أَسمعتَ أجراسَ الكنائس خُشعَّاً

    ورأيتَ نور الحبِّ كيف تضوعا

    Have you heard the church bells, reverent,

    and seen how the light of love breathed out its fragrance?

  2. اليومُ عيدٌ للبريَّةِ شاملٌ

    كالنورِ هزَّ رياضَها والبلقعا

    Today is an all-embracing feast for creation;

    like light, it has stirred its gardens and barren wastes.

  3. ما كانَ عن تقديره مُتخلفٌ

    فهو الأبُ الحاني يُلبىّ من دعا

    None has failed to honor it,

    for it is the tender father who answers whoever calls.

  4. عيدُ السلام على البسيطةِ كلهَّا

    ولو أنَّ فيها من جِراحٍ موُجِعا

    A feast of peace upon the whole earth,

    though it bears grievous wounds.

  5. عيدٌ به يُجنى الحصادُ مُكرراً

    من غَرسِ من بَذرَ السلامَ فأبدعا

    A feast in which the harvest is reaped again and again

    from the planting of him who sowed peace so wondrously.

  6. إن كانَ خُضِّبَ بالدماءِ فَربُّهُ

    كان الشهيد لأجله فترفَعَّا

    If it was stained with blood, its Lord

    was the martyr for its sake, and so was exalted.

  7. والسلمُ مثلُ الحِّق ليس مقدساً

    إن لم يُصن ويَسد وَيَبقَ مُمنعَّا

    And peace, like truth, is not sacred

    unless it is guarded, prevails, and remains inviolable.

  8. يا عيدُ أهلاً بالبشيرِ وبالهدى

    وجدا بيومكَ للتحررِ مطلعا

    O feast, welcome to the herald and to guidance,

    rapture at your day, a dawn of liberation!

  9. لم نَشقَ بالظُّلامِ إلاَّ ساقنا

    لسناكَ من ترك الظلومُ مضعضعا

    Never did we suffer in darkness but he led us

    to your radiance—he whom the oppressor left shattered,

  10. من كانَ مذودهُ الحقيرُ ولادةً

    للنبلش من وهبَ الصليب وودعا

    he whose lowly manger gave birth

    to nobility—he who was given the cross and bidden farewell.

  11. نلتف حولكَ في الرموزِ سواطعاً

    مُثلاً تلمسَّها الجمالُ فوقعا

    We gather around you amid radiant symbols,

    ideals that Beauty sought and alighted on.

  12. عيدَ الفداءِ هل الفداءُ سوى غنىً

    أعيا النفوسَ تأملاً وتوسُّعا

    O feast of redemption, is redemption anything but wealth

    that has baffled souls in contemplation and exploration?

  13. عيد الفقيرِ هل الخصاصة نعمةٌ

    فلقد جعلتَ الفقرَ أنساً ممرعَا

    O feast of the poor, is privation a blessing?

    For you have made poverty a verdant solace.

  14. عيدَ الأخوة في المظاهر والنُّهىَ

    مضت القرون ولا تزالُ الَمفزعا

    O feast of brotherhood in outward forms and minds,

    the centuries have passed, and still you are the refuge.

  15. عيدَ الُمكافحِ في الحياةِ بلاونىً

    اليومُ ينعمَ بالسكينةِ مُولعا

    O feast of the tireless struggler in life,

    today he savors tranquility, enraptured.

  16. عيدَ الحزَانى إن روحك ملجأٌ

    لهمو ولو ذرفوا لرزءٍ مَدمعا

    O feast of the sorrowful, your spirit is a refuge

    for them, even if they shed a tear for a calamity.

  17. عيدَ الأسيرِ وقد يكون بأسرِهِ

    شعبٌ تَمثَّل بالمسيحِ فأزمعا

    O feast of the captive—who may be a whole

    people that takes Christ as its model and stands resolved.

  18. عيدَ الطهارة فالأثيمُ بدمعهِ

    غَسلَ الذنوب لديكَ حين تَضَّرعا

    O feast of purity—the sinner, with his tears,

    washed away his sins before you as he prayed humbly.

  19. عيدَ الأمومةِ في أعزَّ جلالها

    عيد الطفولة بهجة وتلعلعا

    O feast of motherhood in its most exalted glory,

    feast of childhood, in joy and radiance,

  20. عيدَ الرجاءَ بحاضر وبمقبل

    للحالم الواني ومُلهمَ من سعى

    O feast of hope in the present and the future,

    for the weary dreamer, and inspirer of those who strive!

  21. لكَ ايُّها العيدُ الحبيبُ تحيَّةً

    جمعت قلوباً ليتها تبقى معا

    To you, O beloved feast, a greeting:

    you have united hearts—if only they would stay together!