غِرِيغُورِيُوسْGregorios ذُوpossessor of المَجدِglory بطركناour patriarch اِبتَنَىbuilt
غِرِيغُورِيُوسْ ذُو المَجدِ بطركنا اِبتَنَى
مَقاماًan abode بِهِin it لِلعِلمِfor learning لاحَتْappeared مَنائِرُbeacons
مَقاماً بِهِ لِلعِلمِ لاحَتْ مَنائِرُ
Gregorios, our glorious patriarch, built
Gregory our Patriarch built
An abode where beacons of learning appeared;
A home where Science raised its minarets
فَكانَthus it became سَماءاًa heaven لِلهُدىfor guidance قَدalready أَضاءَهاilluminated it
فَكانَ سَماءاً لِلهُدى قَد أَضاءَها
سَنىًradiance أَرِّخواrecord the date مِنfrom كَوكَبthe star of الشَرقِthe East ظاهِرُmanifest
سَنىً أَرِّخوا مِن كَوكَب الشَرقِ ظاهِرُ
Thus it became a heaven for guidance, illumined
Becoming a sky lit by guidance
By manifest radiance from the star of the East—record the date!
Note it from the rising star of the East