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Αἰωνία ἡ μνήμη
Αἰωνία ἡ μνήμη
Αἰωνία ἡ μνήμη

We are born as naked infants,
Then baptized into Christ our God.
Rocks and shoals of life beset us,
Washed in waters of our Lord.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

[Kliros:]
｢What earthy sweetness remaineth unmixed with grief?
What glory standeth immutable on earth?
All things are but shadows most feeble,
But most deluding dreams.

Yet one moment only,
And death shall supplant then all.
But in the light of thy countenance,
Oh Christ, and in the sweetness of thy beauty,
Give rest to him whom thou hast chosen,
Because thou lovest mankind.｣

Αἰωνία ἡ μνήμη
Αἰωνία ἡ μνήμη
Αἰωνία ἡ μνήμη

We must run the course that tempts us,
With the idols of the world,
Yet we have our Lord and Master,
And His Mother for our shield.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

[Kliros]

Αἰωνία ἡ μνήμη
Αἰωνία ἡ μνήμη
Αἰωνία ἡ μνήμη

Grant, Oh Lord, in love unceasing,
Rest to him now lying here.
Grant him rest among the faithful,
In the life beyond compare.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

[Kliros]

Αἰωνία ἡ μνήμη
Αἰωνία ἡ μνήμη
Αἰωνία αὐτοῦ ἡ μνήμη

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