Tuesday, August 1, 2017

AVE MARIS STELLA - TWO


AVE MARIS STELLA
Ave Maris Stella - Latin for "Hail Star of the Sea" - is a plainsong Vespers hymn to Mary the Mother of God. The hymn was composed circa eighth century. 

HYMN LYRICS
Ave, maris stella,
Dei mater alma,atque semper virgo,felix cœli porta.
Hail, star of the sea,
Nurturing Mother of God,
And ever Virgin
Happy gate of Heaven
Sumens illud «Ave»
Gabrielis ore,funda nos in pace,mutans Evæ nomen.
Receiving that "Ave" (hail)
From the mouth of Gabriel,
Establish us in peace,
Transforming the name of "Eva" (Eve).
Solve vincla reis,
profer lumen cæcis,mala nostra pelle,bona cuncta posce.
Loosen the chains of the guilty,
Send forth light to the blind,
Our evil do thou dispel,
Entreat (for us) all good things.
Monstra te esse matrem,
sumat per te precem qui pro nobis natustulit esse tuus.
Show thyself to be a Mother:
Through thee may he receive prayer
Who, being born for us,
Undertook to be thine own.
Virgo singularis,
inter omnes mitis,nos culpis solutosmites fac et castos.
O unique Virgin,
Meek above all others,
Make us, set free from (our) sins,
Meek and chaste.
Vitam præsta puram,
iter para tutum,ut videntes Jesumsemper collætemur.
Bestow a pure life,
Prepare a safe way:
That seeing Jesus,
We may ever rejoice.
Sit laus Deo Patri,
summo Christo decus,Spiritui Sanctotribus honor unus. Amen.     
Praise be to God the Father,
To the Most High Christ (be) glory,
To the Holy Spirit
(Be) honour, to the Three equally. Amen.

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