Irmos: O Theotokos, thou art a mystical garden of paradise, which, untilled, didst put forth Christ, by Whom the life-bearing Tree of the Cross was planted. Wherefore, worshipping it as it is now raised aloft, we magnify thee.
Then the refrain of Canon II—
Let all the trees of the forests rejoice, for their nature hath been sanctified by Him Who planted them in the beginning—Christ Who was stretched out upon the Tree. Wherefore, worshipping it as it is now raised aloft, we magnify thee, O Theotokos.
The refrain is chanted before each of the 6 troparia of Canon II.
And the irmos of Canon II: “Death, which came upon our race…” The second choir likewise chanteth the refrain and the irmos.
A sacred horn hath been lifted up, the chief horn for all the divinely wise: the Cross, whereby all the horns of the sinful are noetically broken asunder. Wherefore, worshipping it as it is now raised aloft, we magnify thee, O Theotokos.
Magnify, O my soul, the exaltation of the life-creating Cross of the Lord!
Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.