Two ships in Judaea
Carried goods:
Elizabeth the blessed
And Mary the faithful;
Elizabeth carried the burden
Through human seed
And Mary carried God
Through the Holy Spirit.
John prepared the way
And Christ taught the crowd.
And lo, they always cry to him:
“Have mercy and pity upon us!”

“Come in peace, blessed one!”
Elizabeth cried
When Mary came to her
And carried in her womb
The God Logos, who put on
Flesh from her
And was born without human seed
From her pure womb.
Come in peace, mother of God,
Come in peace, chariot of flesh,
Which carries him who carries all,
And have mercy and pity upon us! — Song III, stanzas 1 and 3.