Καλλιτεχνικός Σύλλογος Δημοτικής Μουσικής Δόμνα Σαμίου

Glory be to every day and to the Son and Father
and to the Holy Spirit that’s divine and life-creating.

Glory be to all the three and to the Virgin Mary,
in heaven all is ease and dance, led by the Lord’s Apostles.

In total they add up to twelve, the dance is led by Peter
while Paul has Andrew follow him, the other nine come after.

Now Philip fastens on to John, with Thomas in the middle,
and next comes Mark in hearty mood, then Simon leading Matthew,

while Jacob’s linked to Matthew and Bartholomew the endmost.
The Prophets chant antiphonals and sing the daily office.

See, David plays his famous lyre, Isaiah the kinýra¹
and Zacharia the órganon² the harpist’s Jeremiah.

The Virgin Mary, chaste and pure, immaculate and Mother,
dispatched the four Evangelists to issue invitations.

First Matthew went at her command and John the Lord’s Precursor
to summon Anna to the feast and Joachim, Susanna,

Elizabeth and Zacharia, and Mary Magdalene,
the seventy Disciples and all who are crowned with glory.

Then Stephen and the Martyr saints, the choirs of poor physicians,
and Hierarchs, the blessed and the saints in twenty thousands.

The virgin martyr Catherine, with Thekla and Justina,
Paraskevi, Anastasia and Mary the Egyptian.

And all of them were in great haste to reach the Queen of Heaven:
the faithful who frequent their church receive an absolution.

Whoever humbly signs himself will have the Cross protect him,
whoever acts in charity invites God’s peace upon him.

Whoever speaks no evil words will one day live in Heaven,
so there, my children, take good care and always do my bidding.

We all must love each other well if Paradise we’d enter.
And next year too enjoy good health and happiness in plenty.

Translated by John Leatham

¹kinýra: a string instrument played in antiquity and the Byzantine age, resembling the guitar
²órganon: another similar string instrument