Alma Redemptoris Mater,
Soul of our redeemer's Mother
Alma Redemptoris Mater,
Loving Mother of our Savior,
quae pervia caeli Porta manes,
hear your people's cry while waiting at the gates of heaven,
et stella maris, succurre cadenti,
Star of the deep and Portal of the sky!
Surgere qui curat, populo:
Sinking we strive and call to you for aid:
tu quae genuisti, Natura mirante, tuum sanctum Genitorem Virgo prius ac posterius,
Mother of Him who made you from nothing, Virgin first and last,
Gabrielis ab ore Sumens illud Ave, peccatorum miserere.
Oh, by what joy which Gabriel brought to you, let us see your mercy.