O jewel resplendent

and bright and joyous beauty of the sun

that’s flooded into you—

the fountain leaping

from the Father’s heart.

This is his single Word

by which he did create the world’s

primordial matter,

a motherhood into confusion cast by Eve.

This Word the Father made

for you into a man—

and this is why you are that bright and shining matter,

through which that Word has breathed

forth every virtue, just as he brought forth

all creatures in a primal motherhood.