In the Black Sea, / the image of the unartificial Bride is sometimes written: / there is Moses, the divider of the waters, / there is Gabriel, the minister of miracles. / Then the depth of the procession is waterless for Israel; / Now the Virgin has given birth to Christ without seed. / After the passage of Israel the sea remained impassable; / Immaculate after Emmanuel’s birth remains incorruptible. / This One and the First One, / appear as a Man, / God, have mercy on us.