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
 Αἰωνία ἡ μνήμη
 Αἰωνία ἡ μνήμη
 Αἰωνία αὐτοῦ ἡ μνήμη