Ave Maria

Ave Maria Gratia plena

Maria Gratia plena

Maria Gratia plena

Ave, ave dominus

Dominus tecum



Benedicta tu in mulieribus

Et benedictus

Et benedictus fructus ventris

Ventris tui Jesus



Ave Maria

Ave Maria Mater dei

Ora pro nobis pecatoribus

Ora, ora pro nobis

Ora ora pro nobis pecatoribus



Nunc et in hora mortis

In hora mortis, mortis nostrae

In hora mortis nostrae

Ave Maria!



[Translation:]



Ave Maria! Ave Maria! maiden mild!

Listen to a maiden's prayer!

Thou canst hear though from the wild

Thou canst save amid despair

Safe may we sleep beneath thy care

Though banish'd, outcast and reviled -

Maiden! hear a maiden's prayer;

Mother, hear a suppliant child!

Ave Maria!



Ave Maria! undefiled!

The flinty couch we now must share

Shall seem this down of eider piled

If thy protection hover there

The murky cavern's heavy air

Shall breathe of balm if thou hast smiled;

Then, Maiden! hear a maiden's prayer;

Mother, list a suppliant child!

Ave Maria!



Ave Maria! stainless styled!

Foul demons of the earth and air

From this their wonted haunt exiled

Shall flee before thy presence fair

We bow us to our lot of care

Beneath thy guidance reconciled;

Hear for a maid a maiden's prayer

And for a father hear a child!

Ave Maria!