Station 14. Jesus is laid in the tomb | Hail, Cross, our only hope

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Statio XIV (Jesus wird ins Grab gelegt)

Language: Latin

Available translation(s): DUT ENG FRE

Ave crux, spes unica
Mundi salus et gloria,
Auge piis justitiam,
Reisque dona veniam,
Ave crux !

Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Statio XIV (Jesus wird ins Grab gelegt)", S. 53 no. 15 (1879) [ chorus and organ ], from Via Crucis, no. 15 [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Veertiende statie: Jezus wordt in het graf gelegd", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Michael P. Rosewall) , "Station 14. Jesus is laid in the tomb"
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Station XIV", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2010-02-21
Line count: 5
Word count: 17

Station 14. Jesus is laid in the tomb

Language: English after the Latin

Hail, Cross, our only hope. 
Salvation and glory of the world. 
Increase holy justice, 
Grant forgiveness to the condemned. 
Hail, Cross.

Authorship:

Translation from Latin to English by Dr Michael P. Rosewall

Based on:

a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

This text was added to the website: 2015-08-24
Line count: 5
Word count: 21