Ave verum corpus
Language: Latin 
Our translations:  DUT FIN FRE
Ave verum corpus, 
natum de Maria Virgine:
Vere passum, immolatum 
in cruce pro homine:
Cuius latus perforatum, 
unda fluxit sanguine:
Esto nobis prægustatum 
in mortis examine.
O Jesu dulcis, o Jesu pie, 
O Jesu Fili Dei et Mariæ.

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•   W. Byrd •   E. Elgar •   K. Gustafsson •   Josquin des Prez •   W. Mozart •   Peter Graham 

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Note: the text is often attributed to Pope Innocent VI (?-1362).


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This text was added to the website: 2009-07-26
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Word count: 41