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The text is in Latin, and reads:
- Ave verum corpus, natum
- de Maria Virgine,
- vere passum, immolatum
- in cruce pro homine,
- cuius latus perforatum
- fluxit aqua et sanguine:
- esto nobis praegustatum
- in mortis examine.
- O Iesu dulcis, O Iesu pie, O Iesu, fili Mariae.
- Miserere mei. Amen.
A translation into English is:
- Hail, true Body, born
- of the Virgin Mary,
- who having truly suffered, was sacrificed
- on the cross for mankind,
- whose pierced side
- flowed with water and blood:
- May it be for us a foretaste
- in the trial of death.
- O sweet Jesus, O pious Jesus, O Jesus, son of Mary,
- have mercy on me. Amen.
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