Irmos: As Israel walked on the dry land,/ in the abyss with their feet,/ seeing the persecutor Pharaoh,/ being drowned,/ we sing a song of victory to God, crying out.
Irmos: How Israel walked on dry land / through the abyss with their feet, / and cried out, seeing the persecutor of Pharaoh drowned: / “Let us sing a victorious song to God!”
Chorus: Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me.
Chorus: Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!
Now I, a sinner and burdened with the sin of infanticide, have come to You, my Master and God;/ I do not dare to look at the sky, only I pray, the verb:/ give me, Lord, mind, / let me weep bitterly for my deeds.
Now I have come, a sinner and burdened with the sin of infanticide, / to You, my Lord and God; / but I do not dare to look at heaven, / I only pray, exclaiming: / “Give me, Lord, reason, / so that I may mourn my deeds bitterly!”
Chorus: Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me.
Chorus: Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me!
Oh, woe to me, a sinner!/ I am more damned than all men,/ there is no repentance in me;/ give me, Lord, tears,/ let me weep bitterly for my deeds.
Oh woe to me, a sinner!/ I am more unhappy than all people:/ there is no repentance in me./ Give me, Lord, tears,/ so that I may mourn my deeds bitterly!
Glory: Foolish, wretched man, / in negligence about repentance, you are wasting time; / think about your life, and turn to the Lord God, / and weep bitterly for your deeds.
Slava: Mad, unhappy man, / you are wasting time in laziness! / Think about your life / and turn to the Lord God, / and weep bitterly about your deeds!
And now: Most Pure Mother of God,/ look upon me, a sinner, and deliver me from the snare of the devil,/ and guide me on the path of repentance,/ let me weep bitterly for my deeds.
And now: Most pure Mother of God!/ Look at me, a sinner,/ and deliver me from the snare of the devil,/ and guide me on the path of repentance,/ so that I may mourn my deeds bitterly!