Remember us, Mother of Christ,
You who were disturbed
When you foreknew the jump of your heart
At the words of Simeon.
We pray to you who fled Herod
Sharing your pain with you, Virgin,
That from our sin
We may be freed by your prayer.
You were in need of help
When you lost your Son,
You did not cease weeping
Until you found Jesus
Whom you loved: we pray to you, 
Through you we thus ask of Jesus
That in the hour of terrible death
We may deserve to find him.
Again, Virgin, you grieved
When you knew your Son was captured
And while he carried his cross
And hastened to death.
Help us revere the cross
That through it we may deserve
To be handed over, in the hour of death,
To Christ the King without delay.

Cantus firmus
 Never was there greater pain
 Nor torment so terrible
 To equal the pain
 That I receive from this deception.