Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me!
Remember, wretched man, how you have been enslaved to lies, slander,
crime, infirmities, and wild beasts because of your sins. Is this what
you wanted, my sinful soul?
Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me!
My members tremble, for I have been guilty through all of them: my eyes
by seeing, my ears by hearing, my tongue by speaking evil, surrendering
my whole self to Gehenna. Is this what you wanted, my sinful soul?
Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me!
Thou didst receive the Prodigal and the thief who repented, O Savior. I
alone have been weighed down by sinful laziness and submitted to evil
deeds. Is this what you wanted my sinful soul?
Most Holy Theotokos, save us!
O Mother of God, the wondrous and swift helper of all mankind, help me,
the unworthy, for this is what my sinful soul wants!