مَضىdeparted أَغابِيُوسُAgapios المِفضالُthe munificent اسقُفُناour bishop
مَضى أَغابِيُوسُ المِفضالُ اسقُفُنا
إِلىto نَعيمٍbliss بِهِin it قَدalready نالَattained غايَتَهُhis goal
إِلى نَعيمٍ بِهِ قَد نالَ غايَتَهُ
Agapios the munificent, our bishop, has departed
to bliss, in which he has attained his goal.
حَبرٌa prelate بَكَتwept for فَضلَهُhis virtue المَشهورُrenowned بيعَتُهُhis church
حَبرٌ بَكَت فَضلَهُ المَشهورُ بيعَتُهُ
لَمَّاwhen مَضىhe departed وَبَكىand wept for الكُرسِيthe episcopal see عِنايَتَهُhis care
لَمَّا مَضى وَبَكى الكُرسِي عِنايَتَهُ
A prelate whose church mourned his renowned virtue
when he departed, and the episcopal see mourned his care.
هَذاthis man الَّذيwho نَهَضَتrose up بِالدِّينِfor the faith غيرتُهُhis zeal
هَذا الَّذي نَهَضَت بِالدِّينِ غيرتُهُ
وَقاوَمَand resisted الدَهرَTime حَتّىuntil كَفَّchecked غارَتَهُits onslaught
وَقاوَمَ الدَهرَ حَتّى كَفَّ غارَتَهُ
This is he whose zeal upheld the faith
and withstood Time until he checked its onslaught.
بِهِthrough him الكَنائسُthe churches قامَتarose وَالمَدارسُand the schools فيin
بِهِ الكَنائسُ قامَت وَالمَدارسُ في
قُطرٍa land مَدىthroughout الدَهرِtime لاnot يَنسىforgets كَرامَتَهُhis nobility
قُطرٍ مَدى الدَهرِ لا يَنسى كَرامَتَهُ
Through him, churches and schools arose in
a land that, through all time, will not forget his nobility.
فَعزَّso console شَعباًa people لَهُof his قَدindeed كانَhe had been مَلجَأَهُمtheir refuge
فَعزَّ شَعباً لَهُ قَد كانَ مَلجَأَهُم
خَمسينَfifty عاماًyears بِهاduring them حازواthey obtained رِعايَتَهُhis care
خَمسينَ عاماً بِها حازوا رِعايَتَهُ
So console his people, whose refuge he had been
for fifty years, during which they enjoyed his care,
حَتّىuntil اِصطَفاهُchose him لِتاجِfor the crown المَجدof glory خالِقُهُhis Creator
حَتّى اِصطَفاهُ لِتاجِ المَجد خالِقُهُ
فَكُلُّناso all of us أَرِّخواrecord the date يَبغيseeks شَفاعَتَهُhis intercession
فَكُلُّنا أَرِّخوا يَبغي شَفاعَتَهُ
until his Creator chose him for the crown of glory.
So all of us—record the date—seek his intercession.