Chanted by Deacon Akhil Joy, Mor Afrem Syriac Music Institute, under the Angamaly Diocese of the Malankara Syriac Orthodox (Jacobite) Church.
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The English translation is:
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Virgin, who were chosen to be the mother of God and by whom the curse was removed from the earth, intercede with your Son, that his peace and tranquility may rest upon his Church and on his people and on the four quarters of the earth.

The one who left his abode, from the midst of the Seraphim and the Cherubim, came down and lived in the womb of a virgin and took on flesh, for saving Adam and his sons from bondage to Satan and death; O vanquisher, praise to Thee.

Lord have mercy upon us and save us.
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This second stanza of the hymn is essentially saying what we read in Hebrews 2:14-15 ; paraphrased as:

"Jesus Himself shared in the nature of man and partook of flesh and blood, that through death He might destroy Satan who had the power of death and release mankind, who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to the bondage of the devil. "

The exact reading in the NKJV translation goes as:
"In as much then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage."

The first stanza is talking about Genesis 3:15.

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