Hail O queen | Hail O queen. Mother of mercy

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

Salve Regina, Mater misericordiae

Language: Latin

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE FRE GER

Salve Regina, Mater misericordiae,
vita, dulcedo et spes nostra, salve. 

Ad te clamamus, exsules filii Evae.

Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
in hac lacrimarum valle. 

Eia ergo, advocata nostra,
illos tuos misericordes oculos
ad nos converte. 

Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.

O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo Maria.

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Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, an antiphon possibly written by a monk of Reichenau, Hermann the Lame (1013-1054), or by Adhemar, bishop of Le Puy (-1098) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 62

Hail O queen

Language: English after the Latin

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Hail O queen. Mother of mercy,
Our life, tenderness and hope; hail.

To you we call, the exiled sons of Eve.

To you we sigh, groaning and weeping
In this valley of tears.

O our advocate, turn therefore
Those pitying eyes of yours
To us.

And show us after this exile
Jesus, the blessed fruit of your womb.

O merciful, o holy, o tender virgin Mary.

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Based on:

a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , an antiphon possibly written by a monk of Reichenau, Hermann the Lame (1013-1054), or by Adhemar, bishop of Le Puy (-1098)
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This text was added to the website: 2012-10-25
Line count: 11
Word count: 67