Salve Mater Misericordiae. 11th-Century Marian Hymn.

Our Lady of Peace.

Ushaw, Durham,

England.

Photo: April 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Zephyrinus.

Salve Mater Misericordiae.

Available on YouTube at

http://youtu.be/LBLqsWt4msg.

Salve Mater misericordiae, 

Mater Dei et Mater veniae, 

Mater spei et Mater gratiae, 

Mater plena Sanctae Laetitiae,

O Maria!

Salve decus humani generis. 

Salve Virgo dignior ceteris, 

quae virgines omnes transgrederis 

et altius sedes in superis. 

O Maria!

Salve Mater misericordiae,

Salve felix Virgo puerpera: 

Nam qui sedet in Patris dextera, 

Caelum regens, terram et aethera, 

Intra tua se clasit viscera. 

O Maria!

Salve Mater misericordiae,

Esto, Mater, nostrum solatium: 

Nostrum esto, tu Virgo, guadium, 

et nos tandem post hoc exsilium, 

Laetos juge choris caelestium. 

O Maria!

Salve Mater misericordiae, 

Mater Dei et Mater veniae, 

Mater spei et Mater gratiae, 

Mater plena Sanctae Laetitiae,

O Maria!

English Translation.

Hail mother of mercy, 

mother of God and mother of pardon, 

mother of hope and mother of grace, 

mother full of holy gladness. 

O Mary!

Hail, honour of the mankind. 

Hail worthier Virgin than the other ones

because you overcome all of them

and in the heaven you occupy 

the highest seat of honour. 

O Mary!

Hail mother of mercy,

Hail Blest Virgin yet bearing child: 

For he who sits at the Father's right hand. 

The ruler of heaven, of earth and sky, 

has sheltered Himself in your womb. 

O Mary!

Hail mother of mercy,

Become, O mother, our solace: 

Be for us our source of joy, 

and at the last, after this exile, 

unite us rejoicing to the choir of angels. 

O Mary!

Hail mother of mercy, 

mother of God and mother of pardon, 

mother of hope and mother of grace, 

mother full of holy gladness. 

O Mary!