English Hymns Based On The Latin Original
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The Divine Office offers the following hymn as an alternative to the Latin:
- Hail, our Queen and Mother blest!
- Joy when all was sadness,
- Life and hope you gave mankind,
- Mother of our gladness!
- Children of the sinful Eve,
- Sinless Eve, befriend us,
- Exiled in this vale of tears:
- Strength and comfort send us!
- Pray for us, O Patroness,
- Be our consolation!
- Lead us home to see your Son,
- Jesus, our salvation!
- Gracious are you, full of grace,
- Loving as none other,
- Joy of heaven and joy of earth,
- Mary, God's own Mother!
Catholic missals generally list two or three verses similar to the following:
- Hail, Holy Queen enthroned above, O Maria!
- Hail, Mother of mercy and of love, O Maria!
- Triumph all ye cherubim!
- Sing with us ye seraphim!
- Heaven and earth resound the hymn!
- Salve, salve, salve, Regina!
- Our life, our sweetness here below, O Maria!
- Our hope in sorrow and in woe, O Maria!
- Triumph all ye cherubim!
- Sing with us ye seraphim!
- Heaven and earth resound the hymn!
- Salve, salve, salve, Regina!
- And when our last breath leaves us, O Maria!
- Show us thy son Christ Jesus, O Maria!
- Triumph all ye cherubim!
- Sing with us ye seraphim!
- Heaven and earth resound the hymn!
- Salve, salve, salve, Regina!
As with many hymns, many more verses exist, but are rarely printed or sung. The Latin text from which these verses are translated is:
- Salve Regina coelitum, O Maria!
- Sors unica terrigenum, O Maria!
- Jubilate, Cherubim,
- Exsultate, Seraphim!
- Consonante perpetim:
- Salve, Salve, Salve Regina.
- Mater misericordiae, O Maria!
- Dulcis parens clementiae, O Maria!
- Jubilate, Cherubim,
- Exsultate, Seraphim!
- Consonante perpetim:
- Salve, Salve, Salve Regina.
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