Ἡ ζωὴ ἐν τάφῷ κατετέθης, Χριστέ,

Καὶ ἀγγέλων στρατιαὶ ἐξεπλήττοντο,

Συγκατάβασιν δοξάζουσαι τὴν σήν.

Ἡ ζωὴ πῶς θνήσκεις;

Πῶς καὶ τάφῳ οἰκεῖς;

Τοῦ θανάτου τὸ βασίλειον λύεις δέ

καὶ τοῦ Ἄδου τοὺς νεκροὺς ἐξανιστᾶς.

Μεγαλύνομέν σε,

Ἰησοῦ Βασιλεῦ,

καὶ τιμῶμεν τὴν ταφὴν καὶ τὰ πάθη σου,

δι’ ὧν ἔσωσας ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῆς φθορᾶς.

Life, You lain in the grave

Wonderstruck all creation

Life, at You entombed

At Thy descent, elated.

Smiteth You, exalted,

Death, his kingdom

Taken.

Us deliver generation.