مكسمُيسُMaximos المظلومُal-Mazlum (the wronged) بطركناour patriarch الذيwho
مكسمُيسُ المظلومُ بطركنا الذي
قامتstood firm بهِthrough him التَّقوَىpiety ولاحand shone منارُهاits beacon
قامت بهِ التَّقوَى ولاح منارُها
Maximos al-Mazlum, our patriarch, in whom
The oppressed are consoled by our leader
Piety stood firm and its beacon shone.
Whom piety established and its minaret shone
صَرَفَspent الحياةَlife بغَيرةٍwith zeal مشهورةٍrenowned
صَرَفَ الحياةَ بغَيرةٍ مشهورةٍ
يَبقَىendures علىover طولthe length of المَدىtime تَذكارُهاits remembrance
يَبقَى على طول المَدى تَذكارُها
He spent his life with renowned zeal,
He spent his life with renowned zeal
Whose memory endures for all time.
Its memory will remain for all time
هوhe كوكبُstar الشَّرقِthe East اُستقرَّbecame settled قَرارُهُhis resting place
هو كوكبُ الشَّرقِ اُستقرَّ قَرارُهُ
فيin جَنَّةٍParadise فُتِحَتْwere opened لهُto him أخدارُهاits secluded chambers
في جَنَّةٍ فُتِحَتْ لهُ أخدارُها
He is the star of the East; his resting place is established
He is the star of the East, settled is his abode
In Paradise, whose secluded chambers were opened to him.
In a paradise opened for him are its maidens
ولأجلهِand for his sake كَتَبَwrote المؤرِّخُthe chronicler نظمَهُhis verse
ولأجلهِ كَتَبَ المؤرِّخُ نظمَهُ
إنَّindeed الكواكبَthe stars فيin السَّماءِheaven قَرارُهاtheir resting place
إنَّ الكواكبَ في السَّماءِ قَرارُها
And for his sake the chronicler wrote his verse:
And for his sake the historian composed his verse
Indeed, the stars have their resting place in heaven.
Indeed the stars in the sky settled is their abode