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.

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

Composition:

    Set to music by Jaroslav Stastny-Pokorny (b. 1952), as Peter Graham, "Ave Verum Corpus" [ soprano, clarinet and piano ]

Text Authorship:

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Edward Francis Garesché) , "Hail, true Body, truly born of the Virgin Mary mild"
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Ton Rooijmans) , "Nous vous saluons, vrai corps du Christ"
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Josef Seeber) [an adaptation]


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-07-26
Line count: 10
Word count: 38