Out in wilderness I must go Banished to the realm of hyenas and jackals A life time in heart of the desert Enprisoned with Nimrod and Azasael Forty years of fasting, contemplation and despair Transfigurational theophany emerged At the foot of Mount Horeb, a mystery was seen The manifestation of the hypostatic union Rejection of Nestorianism Overthrowing the dogma of Eutychianism O Theotokos! Portal of the divine redemption Gateway to soteriological recapitulation Theotokos - the unburnt bush Indwelling the fire that consumes Light of lights cast blackness on my eyes Astonished by the wonder, ravished by the sight As the flames rises high, no ashes Devouring inferno had no might The celestial dominion unveiled Behold the initiation of the theoanderic mystery Thy voice like thunder, as the roar of the king of beasts O Malak Jahve! I have surely seen the affliction of my people I have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters For I know their sorrows I have come down to deliver them Out of the hand of the Egyptians O Theotokos, Semper Virgo! Mater Dei! The unburnt bush - revealing the doctrine of perichoresis