Ave verum corpus,
Hail true body
Ave verum corpus, natum
Hail, true Body, born
de Maria Virgine,
of the Virgin Mary,
vere passum, immolatum
who having truly suffered, was sacrificed
in cruce pro homine,
on the cross for mankind,
cuius latus perforatum
whose pierced side
fluxit aqua et sanguine:
flowed with water and blood:
esto nobis praegustatum
May it be for us a foretaste [of the Heavenly banquet]
in mortis examine.
in the trial of death.
O Iesu dulcis, O Iesu pie, O Iesu, fili Mariae.
Oh dear Jesus, Oh merciful Jesus, Oh Jesus, son of Mary,
Miserere mei. Amen.
have mercy on me. Amen.
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