Genere:
Anonymous, 14th century
Ave verum corpus,
natum ex Maria Virgine,
vere passum,
immolatum in cruce pro homine.
Cujus latus perforatum
vero fluxit sanguine,
esto nobis praegustatum
mortis in examine.
O clemens, O pie,
O dulcis Iesu, fili Mariae.
English translation
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 [of the Heavenly banquet]
in the trial of death.
O clement, O pius,
O sweet Jesus, son of Mary.
