Hymns of the Greek Church

tr. Brownlie, 1900

Chapter 17

Κύριε, ὁ τὸν Λῃστὴν

(Ἀντίφωνον ΙΔ’ Ἦχος πλ. δ᾽)

When Thou wert crucified by men,
O Christ, for Thy companion then
Thou didst accept the base and vile,
Whose hand was stained with blood the while;
O, number us with him, we pray!
Thou who art good and kind alway.

ὁ αὐτός

Few were his words, but Thou didst hear;
His faith was great, and Thou wert near;
And first of men, with glad surprise,
He entered opened Paradise.
Be Thou for evermore adored!
The needy’s prayer was not abhorred.