Ave verum Corpus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ave verum Corpus, natum
De Maria Virgine,
Vere passum, immolatum
In cruce pro homine:
Cuius latum perforatum
Unda fluxit et sanguine,
Esto nobis praegustatum
In mortis examine.
Words: 14th century. Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Notes
Hail the true body, born
of the Virgin Mary:
You who truly suffered and were sacrificed
on the cross for the sake of man:
From whose pierced side
flowed water and blood:
Be a foretaste for us
in the trial of death.