120 STICHERA
(From the Burial Office for a Child)
ὢ τίς μὴ θρηνήσει τέκνον μου
Euchologion, p. 481
tr., John Brownlie
6.6.6.6.6
| I Who would not weep my child To see thee still and dead?-- Thou from maternal arms, Even as a bird hast fled:-- Who would not weep my child? | | II Who would not weep my child To see thy faded brow, Once like the lily, fair, But lost to beauty now?-- Who would not weep my child? | | III Who would not weep my child?-- Like ship on boundless sea, That leaves no track behind, Lo, thou art gone from me,-- Who would not weep my child? | |