Ave Verum Corpus

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Copyright 1999 by the Choral Public Domain Library (http://www.cpdl.org)

Edition may be freely distributed, duplicated, performed, or recorded.

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Hail true body, born of the Virgin Mary.

Truly suffering, was sacrificied on the cross for mankind,
From whose pierced side flowed blood,
Be for us a foretaste in the final judgment.
O sweet, O merciful, O Jesus, Son of Mary,
Have mercy on me. Amen.

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SOURCE: Gradualia, revised edition, 1610 (originally pub. 1605)

NOTES: Note values halved, bar lines, slurs added. Tenor (m. 39), Alto (mm. 40-41): text underlay uncertain.
TEXT/TRANSLATION:
Ave verum corpus, natum de Maria Virgine,
vere passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine:
Cuius latus perforatum, Unda fluxit sanguine.
Esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine:
O Dulcis, O pie, O Jesu fili Mariae,
miserere mei. Amen.

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