Mozart’s Ave Verum Corpus
A song we sang in high school during our European Concert Tour
Ave / verum / Corpus, natum / de / Maria / Virgine:
Hail / true / Body / born / of / Mary / Virgin,Vere / passum, / immolatum / in / cruce / pro / homine:
truly / suffered / was sacrificed / on / cross / for / mankindCujus / latus / perforatum, / unda / fluxit / et / sanguine:
Whose / side / was pierced / from where or water / flowed / and / bloodEsto / nobis / praegustatum / in / mortis / examine.
Be / for us / foretaste / in / of death / testingO / Jesu / dulcis, / O / Jesu / pie, / O / Jesu / Fili / Mariae,
miserere / mei. / Amen.
Hail, true Body, born of the Virgin Mary,
who has truly suffered, and was sacrificed on the cross for mankind,
whose side was pierced, whence flowed water and blood,
Be for us a foretaste of heaven, during our final trial,
O Jesu sweet, O Jesu merciful, O Jesu Son of Mary,
have mercy on me. Amen.
I can still sing the Latin today but never really knew what the words meant until I got a hankering to look it up. Mozart really had a touch!
March 21st, 2007 at 6:58 pm
wow i had no idea that this song was relegous! plus were singint this song for my seventh grade class at THMS!