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Chosen, prudent, full of graces, | of a host of mighty kings, | gift to us you are of the Latin house, | oh angel of beauty, admirable Ripsima! || Wanderer to heaven | in the laws of the deep heaven, | you denied yourself, and the ancestral rank, | oh angel of beauty, admirable Ripsima! || Wise, holy, venerable virgin, | to the fire thrown by the Word into the earth | you would light the lamp of faith, | oh angel of beauty, admirable Ripsima! || To the bridegroom, Christ incarnate, | with intact married virginity, | in the inaccessible thalamus you rested, | oh angel of beauty, admirable Ripsima! || Of nourished love, gentle peacock, with a row of shining and fine gold, | of chrism, and of an enviable triple crown, | oh angel of beauty, admirable Ripsima! || Straight-flying aerial dove, | the ark of the new Noah is your rest: | snake extinguisher, righteous stork, | oh angel of beauty, admirable Ripsima! || Savia martyr fighter | by the power of the Word of the Father, | may you press the full stratojo hard, | oh angel of beauty, admirable Ripsima! || Oh purple colored, frilly, vermilion like apple, | inclite bride, of veiled blood, | oh angel of beauty, admirable Ripsima!
— NERSES IV THE GRACIOUS