هَذا مَقامُ القُدسِ شادَ بِناءَهُ

هَذا مَقامُ القُدسِ شادَ بِناءَهُ

اِيناسِيوسْ راعي الخرافِ الأَروعُ

اِيناسِيوسْ راعي الخرافِ الأَروعُ

This is the abode of holiness; its structure was raised

This is the abode of holiness, built by

by Inasios, the magnificent shepherd of the flock.

Eutychius the shepherd of the finest sheep,

بَيتٌ بِهِ توما الرَسولُ قَد اِنجَلَت

بَيتٌ بِهِ توما الرَسولُ قَد اِنجَلَت

أَنوارُ قُدسٍ مِن سَناهُ تَسطَعُ

أَنوارُ قُدسٍ مِن سَناهُ تَسطَعُ

A house wherein is Thomas the Apostle; there have appeared

A house where Thomas the apostle shone

lights of holiness, shining forth from his radiance.

The lights of sanctity from its brilliance beam,

تَشدو المَلائِكُ في ذَرَاهُ وَبابُهُ

تَشدو المَلائِكُ في ذَرَاهُ وَبابُهُ

بابُ السَماءِ لِكُلِّ مَن يَستَشفِعُ

بابُ السَماءِ لِكُلِّ مَن يَستَشفِعُ

The angels sing in its heights, and its gate

The angels sing in its precincts, and its gate

is heaven’s gate for everyone who seeks intercession.

Is the gate of heaven, for all who implore and seek,

قامَت عِبادُ اللَه خاشِعَةً بِهِ

قامَت عِبادُ اللَه خاشِعَةً بِهِ

وَإَلَيهِ بِالتاريخِ جاءَت تَضرَعُ

وَإَلَيهِ بِالتاريخِ جاءَت تَضرَعُ

God’s servants stood reverently within it,

The servants of God stood in it reverent,

and to it, as the chronogram says, they came in supplication.

And across time, they came to it pleading and meek.