OVERVIEW
Parts: SATB
Language: Latin
Duration: 2:45
Description
Ave Verum Corpus is a Eucharistic hymn from the 13th century. The first section is very slow with chantlike sections, while the second half is a polyphonic call on the text: “O sweet Jesus, O holy Jesus, O Jesus, Son of Mary, Have mercy upon me.”
SHEET MUSIC
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SCROLLING SCORE
SATB
TEXT
Latin
Ave verum corpus,
Natum de Maria Virgine;
Vere passum immolatum
In crucis pro homine.
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Cuius latus perforatum
Unda fluxit sanguine.
Esto nobis praegustatum
In mortis examine.
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O Jesu dulcis, O Jesu pie,
O Jesu Fili Mariae,
Miserere mei. Amen.
English Translation
Hail, true body,
Born of the Virgin Mary;
Who has truly suffered, sacrificed
On the Cross for humanity.
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From whose pierced side,
Water and blood flowed.
Be for us a foretaste
In our ordeal of death.
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O sweet Jesus, O holy Jesus,
O Jesus Son of Mary,
Have mercy on me. Amen.