Ephrem Lash
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Anastasis liturgical translations — translated by Ephrem Lash
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TONE 8
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At the end of each of the eight Tones in the Paraklitiki there is a short set of doggerel lines describing the characteristics of the Tone in question. For the entertainment of readers I include equally doggerel translations of them at the beginning of each Tone.
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**PLAGAL OF THE FOURTH**
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Seal of the tones, O Plagal of the Fourth,
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As bearing in yourself all fairest sounds.
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You broaden out the ranges of the songs,
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The final flourish of the Tones, and end.
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As limit in both notes and voices’ pitch,
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Limit of sound I call you twice, and end.
Translated by Ephrem Lash. Edition lash.en.anastasis.