Gates Of Hades - Hymn Lyrics

Refrain:

How harsh was darkness on you
How death tried to overtake you
How torment and persecution
And suffering traumatized you
How harsh was darkness on you

You were wounded like Jesus
With nails and thorns
You and your children suffered
Banished and exiled
I wonder how did you stand
(Against denial and infidelity)2

It was a sound that echoed
Always in your ears
That enflames power in you
When the Lord said about you
That the gates of Hades
(Shall not prevail against you)2

You were not born on earth
You were born in heaven
You are of a pure spirit
Not from water and mud
You are holy and just
(You are light and bright)2

Who could have built you
It must be The Lord of martyrs
Who could have quenched you
It must be the spring of blood
Who could have protected you
(It must be the hypostasis of redemption)2

Check the era of the Moez
Who had the experience to tell
Ask him how your faith
Moved the mount of Mokatam
And how a mountain was shaken
(And could have been destroyed by you)2

O people slow down
Check the history to understand
Tell him who thinks he is great
That the Lord of the Copts is greater
Every Copt is meek
(But in justice, he is a lion)2

He also grants the spirit
Saying without a doubt
That the gates of Hades
Shall not prevail against you
So rest and be peaceful
(For the crucified is with you)2