Ave verum corpus - William Byrd

Recorded at St George's Cathedral in Southwark, London by St George’s Cathedral Consort.
Music by William Byrd.
Jonathan Schranz - Director of Music
Text ascribed to Innocent VI
Ave verum corpus,
Natum de Maria Virgine,
vere passum, immolatum
in cruce pro homine
cuius latus perforatum
unda fluxit sanguine:
esto nobis prægustatum
in mortis examine.
O dulcis, O pie,
O Iesu, fili Mariae.
Miserere mei. Amen.
Hail, true Body, born
of the Virgin Mary,
truly suffered, sacrificed
on the cross for mankind,
from whose pierced side
flowed water and blood:
Be for us a foretaste
in the trial of death!
O sweet, O holy,
O Jesus, son of Mary,
have mercy on me. Amen.
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