Ave Verum Corpus

Ave verum corpus

natum de Maria Virgine.

Vere passum,

immolatum in cruce pro homine

Cujus latus perforatum

unda fluxit et sanguine.

Esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine

Hail, true body

Hail, true body,
born of the Virgin Mary:
Truly suffering, who
died on the cross for mankind:

From whose pierced side
flowed water and blood!
Be for us a foretaste
of death in the last hour!