تبدَّى الهنا والهمُّ أضحى مُبَدَّدا

تبدَّى الهنا والهمُّ أضحى مُبَدَّدا

وقد صاحَ في الأَغصانِ طيرٌ وغرَّدا

وقد صاحَ في الأَغصانِ طيرٌ وغرَّدا

Joy appeared, and sorrow was dispelled,

The worries have vanished, joy has appeared

And birds called among the branches and warbled.

And birds have chirped in the branches, singing

واشرقَ بدرُ الأفقِ بعد افولهِ

واشرقَ بدرُ الأفقِ بعد افولهِ

فزالَ عن الأكبادِ ما كانَ اكمدا

فزالَ عن الأكبادِ ما كانَ اكمدا

And the horizon’s full moon shone after its setting,

The moon of the horizon has risen after its setting

So the darkness of grief left the hearts.

So grief has departed from hearts where it burned

من الغربِ قد وافَى يضيءُ بأرضنا

من الغربِ قد وافَى يضيءُ بأرضنا

وهل قبلهُ بدرٌ من الغربِ قد بدا

وهل قبلهُ بدرٌ من الغربِ قد بدا

From the west he came, shining in our land;

From the West it has come to illuminate our land

And before him, had a full moon ever appeared from the west?

Has any previous moon from the West shone?

لقد قرَّتِ الأبصارُ يومَ لقآئِه

لقد قرَّتِ الأبصارُ يومَ لقآئِه

كما ابيضَّ يومٌ كانَ بالبين اسودا

كما ابيضَّ يومٌ كانَ بالبين اسودا

Indeed, eyes were gladdened on the day of meeting him,

Eyes were delighted the day they saw him

As a day once black with separation turned white.

As a day that was pitch-black turned white

هو العالمُ الفردُ الذي عزَّ مثلُهُ

هو العالمُ الفردُ الذي عزَّ مثلُهُ

أديبٌ بجلبابِ الكمالِ قَدِ ارتَدَى

أديبٌ بجلبابِ الكمالِ قَدِ ارتَدَى

He is the peerless scholar whose equal is rare,

He is the unique scholar, the like of whom is rare

A man of letters who has donned the robe of perfection.

A gentleman cloaked in the robe of perfection

تنزَّهَ عن ثانٍ ولا عَجَبٌ فَمن

تنزَّهَ عن ثانٍ ولا عَجَبٌ فَمن

رأَى غيرَ بدرٍ في السمآءِ تردَّدا

رأَى غيرَ بدرٍ في السمآءِ تردَّدا

He has no equal—and no wonder, for who

Beyond any second, and no wonder, for who

Has seen another full moon pass to and fro in the sky?

Has seen other than the full moon traversing the sky?

لقد قامَ في صدرِ الكنيسةِ راعياً

لقد قامَ في صدرِ الكنيسةِ راعياً

فكانَ لها ركناً من المجدِ شُيّدا

فكانَ لها ركناً من المجدِ شُيّدا

Indeed, he stood at the forefront of the Church as a shepherd,

He arose as a shepherd in the heart of the church

And became for her a pillar built of glory.

And for it he was a pillar of glory erected

بهِ اجتمعت أَبهى المناقبِ فاستَوَت

بهِ اجتمعت أَبهى المناقبِ فاستَوَت

عبيداً لهُ إذ قامَ فيهنَّ سيّدا

عبيداً لهُ إذ قامَ فيهنَّ سيّدا

In him the fairest virtues gathered and became

In him gathered the finest attributes until

His slaves, since he stood among them as their master.

They stood as his servants when he stood as their lord

لقد رقَّ طبعاً مثلماراقَ ودُّهُ

لقد رقَّ طبعاً مثلماراقَ ودُّهُ

وقد طابَ خُلقاً مثلما طابَ مولدا

وقد طابَ خُلقاً مثلما طابَ مولدا

Indeed, he was gentle by nature, just as his affection was pure,

Refined was his nature, as refined was his affection

And his character was as fine as his birth.

And good was his character, as good was his birth

تهلَّلَ ربِعٌ حلَّ فيهِ فلو مَشَى

تهلَّلَ ربِعٌ حلَّ فيهِ فلو مَشَى

لكانَ سَعَى نحو اللقآءِ مجرَّدا

لكانَ سَعَى نحو اللقآءِ مجرَّدا

A dwelling where he settled beamed with joy; if it could walk,

A quarter shone when he settled there, so if he walked

It would have hastened to meet him, unencumbered.

He would have strode barefoot to the encounter

فلا زال في أوجِ العُلَى عالياً كما

فلا زال في أوجِ العُلَى عالياً كما

يُسَمَّى وفي الدنيا سليماً من الردى

يُسَمَّى وفي الدنيا سليماً من الردى

May he ever remain high at the summit of glory, as

So he remains at the peak of glory, high as

His name proclaims, and be safe in this world from death.

His name, and in the world safe from decay