مَسيحِيَّةٌ مِن قَبلِها موسَوِيَّةٌ

مَسيحِيَّةٌ مِن قَبلِها موسَوِيَّةٌ

حَكَت لَكَ أَخباراً بَعيداً ثُبوتُها

حَكَت لَكَ أَخباراً بَعيداً ثُبوتُها

Christianity, preceded by the Mosaic faith,

A Christianity which before it was Mosaism

has related to you accounts whose truth is far from established.

It told you stories far-removed is their proof

وَفارِسُ قَد شَبَّت لَها النارَ وَاِدَّعَت

وَفارِسُ قَد شَبَّت لَها النارَ وَاِدَّعَت

لِنيرانِها أَن لا يَجوزُ خُبوتُها

لِنيرانِها أَن لا يَجوزُ خُبوتُها

And Persia has kindled the fire for itself and claimed

And a Persian who for it kindled fire and claimed

that its fires must not die out.

For its flames that their extinction was not permissible

فَما هَذِهِ الأَيّامُ إِلّا نَظائِرٌ

فَما هَذِهِ الأَيّامُ إِلّا نَظائِرٌ

تَساوَت بِها آحادُها وَسُبوتُها

تَساوَت بِها آحادُها وَسُبوتُها

So these days are nothing but counterparts,

So these days are but counterparts

in which their Sundays and Sabbaths are alike.

Among which its units and stillness are equal