Irmos: The birthgiving of the Theotokos saved the pious children in the furnace — then in figure, but now in deed — and it moveth all the world to chant to Thee: Hymn ye the Lord and exalt Him supremely for all ages!
Theotokion: O Mistress Theotokos, to the calm haven of the breath of the Spirit do thou now guide me who am beset by many tribulations and am buffeted by the tempest of sin; for thou art the refuge of Christians. Wherefore, we hymn thee for all ages.
The mother of her who alone is the Theotokos, who before was barren and now is the grandmother of Christ, shed the vesture of mortality as she had that of barrenness. And we cry out in the land of the living: Hymn the Lord, O ye works, and exalt Him supremely for all ages!
Christ hath opened unto thee the portals on high and received thee with joy; for thou gavest birth to the portal through which He Himself passed, showing it to be shut after His passage, O divinely wise and rightly hymned Anna. Wherefore, we, the faithful, honor thee forever.
Thou wast the mother of the holy Ever-virgin who gave birth to the All-holy Word Who bestoweth sanctification and deliverance upon us, O divinely wise and right wondrous Anna; and thou didst reach the end of thy life in holy manner. Wherefore, we, the faithful, ever hymn thee forever.
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.