مستودع البكر مريم حاملٌ عجباً

مستودع البكر مريم حاملٌ عجباً

مدبرٌ لثلاثٍ كلُّها عجبُ

مدبرٌ لثلاثٍ كلُّها عجبُ

The womb of Mary the Virgin bears a wonder:

Mary's womb, a wonder repository,

A ruler of three, each a wonder:

Arranging three, each a wonder,

الأرض والبحر والأفلاك قاطبةً

الأرض والبحر والأفلاك قاطبةً

لذاك تعنو له رقّاً وترتهب

لذاك تعنو له رقّاً وترتهب

The earth, the sea, and the celestial spheres, all together.

The earth, sea, and planets entirety,

Thus they bow to him in servitude and tremble in awe.

For that, they submit to Him humbly and fervently hope.

لكن تدبيره العلياء متصلٌ

لكن تدبيره العلياء متصلٌ

منه إليه به عنه له يجب

منه إليه به عنه له يجب

Yet his governance of the heights is unbroken:

Yet His most high arrangement connected,

From him, to him, through him, from him, and for him it must be.

From Him to Him, with Him about Him, duty binds.

فالشمس تخدمه والبدر يرهبه

فالشمس تخدمه والبدر يرهبه

والبر والبحر في تدبير ذين أب

والبر والبحر في تدبير ذين أب

So the sun serves him, and the full moon fears him.

Thus the sun serves Him and the moon fears Him,

And in governing these two—land and sea—he is a father.

While the land and sea are in the management of the Blessed Lord.

تعنو السماء له والأرض صاغرةً

تعنو السماء له والأرض صاغرةً

والعبد يلزم عند السيد الأدب

والعبد يلزم عند السيد الأدب

Heaven bows to him, and the earth, humbled.

The sky submits to Him and the earth bows low,

And the servant observes decorum in the master's presence.

And the servant keeps proper etiquette before his Master.

وقد حواه حشى بنتٍ مطهرةٍ

وقد حواه حشى بنتٍ مطهرةٍ

لما أفاض بها الآلاء تنسكب

لما أفاض بها الآلاء تنسكب

And indeed a purified maiden's womb has held him,

He who encompassed everything was ensconced in a purified daughter

When he poured upon her blessings that flowed forth.

When graces overflowed upon her pouring forth.

طوبى لأمٍ حوتها نعمةٌ حكمت

طوبى لأمٍ حوتها نعمةٌ حكمت

أن صانع الكل وهو الواسع الرحب

أن صانع الكل وهو الواسع الرحب

Blessed is a mother whom grace enfolded, decreeing

Blessed is a mother who wisdom deemed worthy

That the Maker of all, though vast and boundless,

To contain the Maker of all, He of vast mercy,

يحويه منها حشى قد جاء منحبساً

يحويه منها حشى قد جاء منحبساً

فيه وفي كفه الأكوان تنسحب

فيه وفي كفه الأكوان تنسحب

Be held within her womb, having come confined

Containing Him from her a confinement He came to filled,

Within it, while the worlds are drawn along in his palm.

While in His grasp are the cosmos pouring.

بشراك مريم قد جاءت على عجبٍ

بشراك مريم قد جاءت على عجبٍ

من السماء إلى العذراء تنتسب

من السماء إلى العذراء تنتسب

Your glad tidings, Mary, have come wondrously,

Glad tidings to you Mary, you came in wonder,

From heaven; to the Virgin they belong.

From heaven to the maiden tracing lineage.

خصبٌ من الروح روح القدس حل بها

خصبٌ من الروح روح القدس حل بها

للَه مستودعٌ بين الورى عجب

للَه مستودعٌ بين الورى عجب

Fruitfulness from the Spirit—the Holy Spirit—has settled within her.

Fertile from the Spirit, the Spirit of Holiness alighted upon her,

God has a wondrous dwelling among humankind.

For God a repository among creation a wonder.