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]1.
[O Jesu dulcis, o Jesu pie, 
O Jesu Fili Dei et Mariæ.]2

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

¹ Elgar, Josquin: "Mortis in examine"
² omitted by Mozart; Byrd: "O dulcis, O pie, O Jesu, Fili Mariæ, miserere mei. Amen"; Elgar: "O clemens, o pie, o dulcis Jesu, Fili Mariæ"; Josquin: "O dulcis, O pie, O Jesu Fili Virginis Mariæ"

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

• by Michel Bosc (b. 1963), "Ave verum corpus", 2012 [ low voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by William Byrd (1542?3? - 1623), "Ave verum corpus" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Edward Elgar, Sir (1857 - 1934), "Ave verum corpus" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ferenc Farkas (1905 - 2000), "Ave verum", 1933 [ voice, violin ad libitum, and organ ], A.F. Publishing [sung text not yet checked]
• by Kaj Erik Gustafsson (b. 1942), "Ave, verum corpus", 1990 [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Mervyn, Lord Horder, the Second Baron of Ashford (1910 - 1998), "Ave verum corpus" [ SATB chorus and organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521), "Ave verum corpus, natum" [ three-part chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Lodewijk Mortelmans (1868 - 1952), "Ave verum corpus", 1901 [ vocal trio with organ ad libitum ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Ave verum corpus", K. 618 (1791) [  chorus, strings, and organ ], motet [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Georg Wilhelm Rauchenecker (1844 - 1906), "Ave verum corpus", 1903, first performed 1904 [ alto, cello, harp, and organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jaroslav Stastny-Pokorny (b. 1952), as Peter Graham, "Ave Verum Corpus" [ soprano, clarinet and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Guillermo Uribe Holguín (1880 - 1971), "Ave verum", op. 2 no. 1 (1905) [ 2 voices, harmonium and organ ] [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Josef Seeber (1856 - 1919) [an adaptation] ; composed by Mathilde von Kralik.
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Other 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: 41

Nous vous saluons, vrai corps du Christ, né de Marie, Vierge et Mère.
Vous êtes mort en sacrifice sur la croix pour nous sauver.
Votre côté fut transpercé; il fit couler l'eau et le sang.
Donnze-nous de vous recevoir avant l'heure de la mort.
O Jésus très doux, o Jésus très bon, o Jésus, Fils de Marie.