Ave Verum Corpus (latim)

Hail, True Body (Latin)

Ave Verum Corpus (latim)

Hail, true body, bornAve verum corpus, natum
Of the Virgin MaryDe Maria Virgine
Truly suffered, sacrificedVere passum, immolatum
On the cross for mankindIn cruce pro homine
Whose pierced sideCuius latus perforatum
Flowed with water and bloodFluxit aqua et sanguine
May it be for us a foretasteEsto nobis praegustatum
Of the trial of deathMortis in examine
O sweet Jesus, O merciful JesusO Iesu dulcis, O Iesu pie
O Jesus, son of MaryO Iesu, fili Mariae
AmenAmen