From The Imaginative Conservative
Editor’s Note: Edvard Grieg composed his “Ave Maris Stella” (“Hail Star of the Sea”), for mixed choir, in 1898. It is based on a plainsong Vespers hymn to the Virgin Mary that dates to the eighth century. Its lyrics, in Latin and English, are below the embedded video.
Ave, maris stella,
Dei mater alma,
atque semper virgo,
felix cœli porta.
Dei mater alma,
atque semper virgo,
felix cœli porta.
Sumens illud “Ave”
Gabrielis ore,
funda nos in pace,
mutans Evæ nomen
Gabrielis ore,
funda nos in pace,
mutans Evæ nomen
Solve vincla reis,
profer lumen cæcis,
mala nostra pelle,
bona cuncta posce.
profer lumen cæcis,
mala nostra pelle,
bona cuncta posce.
Monstra te esse matrem,
sumat per te precem
qui pro nobis natus
tulit esse tuus.
sumat per te precem
qui pro nobis natus
tulit esse tuus.
Virgo singularis,
inter omnes mitis,
nos culpis solutos
mites fac et castos.
inter omnes mitis,
nos culpis solutos
mites fac et castos.
Vitam præsta puram,
iter para tutum,
ut videntes Jesum
semper collætemur.
iter para tutum,
ut videntes Jesum
semper collætemur.
Sit laus Deo Patri,
summo Christo decus,
Spiritui Sancto
tribus honor unus. Amen.
summo Christo decus,
Spiritui Sancto
tribus honor unus. Amen.
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Hail, star of the sea,
Nurturing Mother of God,
And ever Virgin
Happy gate of Heaven
Nurturing Mother of God,
And ever Virgin
Happy gate of Heaven
Receiving that “Ave”
From the mouth of Gabriel,
Establish us in peace,
Transforming the name of “Eva”
From the mouth of Gabriel,
Establish us in peace,
Transforming the name of “Eva”
Loosen the chains of the guilty,
Send forth light to the blind,
Our evil do thou dispel,
Entreat (for us) all good things.
Send forth light to the blind,
Our evil do thou dispel,
Entreat (for us) all good things.
Show thyself to be a Mother:
Through thee may he receive prayer
Who, being born for us,
Undertook to be thine own.
Through thee may he receive prayer
Who, being born for us,
Undertook to be thine own.
O unique Virgin,
Meek above all others,
Make us, set free from (our) sins,
Meek and chaste.
Meek above all others,
Make us, set free from (our) sins,
Meek and chaste.
Bestow a pure life,
Prepare a safe way:
That seeing Jesus,
We may ever rejoice.
Prepare a safe way:
That seeing Jesus,
We may ever rejoice.
Praise be to God the Father,
To the Most High Christ (be) glory,
To the Holy Spirit
(Be) honour, to the Three equally. Amen.
To the Most High Christ (be) glory,
To the Holy Spirit
(Be) honour, to the Three equally. Amen.
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