Funeral Canticle

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

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

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

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Αἰωνία ἡ μνήμη

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