8th Part After 8th Theotokeia Part :: القطعة الثامنة بعد القطعة الثامنة من الثيوطوكية

Oh how beloved is the taste of prayers,
Better than the sweetest honey,
Sweeter in my mouth than sugar,
More beautiful than wedding garments.

The spring of blessing flows from them,
As the words of David the prophet,
They are the perfection of liturgies,
The souls will live by them.

When Judas the cursed became,
A vessel for Satan and was lost,
He went to the evil people and plotted,
With them against the Worshipped One.

In the Praetorium his mind was perverted,
He took thirty pieces of silver,
His name was stricken from among the righteous,
And he was deposed from his office.

The love of silver makes the prudent lost,
Those who desired it became blind,
Like Ananias and Sapphira the greedy,
Saint Peter´s judgment befell them.

Refrain:
Blessed are those who have mercy,
Who give to the poor and fast and pray,
The Holy Spirit will fill their hearts,
The Son will show them mercy on Judgment Day.

Arabic-English:
Na-`am mahla ta´-mel as-la-waat,
Ahla men `asa-lel aq-raas,
Dakhal fammee ka sookkar nabaat,
Wahya agmal men hoolal el-a´-raas.

Menha yaafeed yamboo´el ba-ra-kat,
Ka qawle Daveed pi-epro-fetiees,
Wahya tookammel el-qooddasat,
Wa beha tahya koole noofoos.

Yahooza el-la-`een ba´da ma sa-ar,
A-tahool shay-taan wa sa-bah maf-qood,
Wa ma-ddaa e-lal kawmel ash-rar,
Wa ta-ammar ma´a-hoom `alal ma´bood.

Fe daar el-welaya `aqloo en-daar,
Wa a-khaz thalatheen fedda be `oo-dood,
Wan-sha-tab esmahoo doonel abraar,
Wa sara men mar-tabatehee mat-rood

Be-hoobbel fedda `adam el-daren,
Wa-el-raghebeena feeha ta´-meehem,
Hananya we safeera el-tamma-`een,
Doo´a bootroos ka´d ha´k fee hem.

Refrain:
Toba lil-rohama `ala masakeen,
Fa-en el-rahama tehele `alehom,
Will-masih yerham-hom fe yom el-deen,
We yehel broh qodso fehom.