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Ok guys, I've done a very quick rough translation:

I left Pharaoh's slavery in Egypt
With Moses as leader I arrived at Sinai

How I desire to ascend Sinai
And say the prayer on the Holy peak

The ascend is difficult; O God grant me patience
endurance and resolve, to acquire the prayer.

First obedience, the Scriptures, attention
And holy silence strengthen the prayer

To say the prayer you must drive from your mind
Every worldly thing

In the beginning you say the prayer orally
And after some time it becomes noetic

And all your attention must be on the words of the prayer
Because when you start to imagine there is danger of being deluded

The prayer greatly irritates the tempter
So don't be disheartened when he attacks

And sweet fruit come from the words of the prayer
Oh! You can't imagine what honey it is!

Don't ask me to tell you how the prayer works
I can't express it, it’s a Divine secret

When the prayer begins to act in you
Guard it well with great humility

Venerable Elder, my noetic Moses
Come, give me a blessing to acquire the prayer

And the Mother of Christ, Mystical Igoumeni,
Blesses the Christians and gives them the prayer

How I desire to ascend Sinai
And say the prayer on to say the prayer on the Holy peak
 
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