Stabat Mater (latim)

Stabat Mater (Latin)

Stabat Mater (latim)

The sorrowful mother was standingStabat mater dolorosa
Tearful near the crossIuxta crucem lacrimosa
While her son was hangingDum pendebat filius
Whose grieving soulCuius animam gementem
Saddened and sorrowfulContristantam et dolentem
Was pierced by a swordPertransivit gladius

Oh how sad and afflictedO quam tristis et afflicta
Was that blessedFuit illa benedicta
Mother of the only begottenMater unigeniti
Who mourned and grievedQuae maerebat et dolebat
And trembled when she sawEt tremebat, cum videbat
The punishment of her glorious sonNati poenas incliti

Who is the man who would not weepQuis est homo qui non fleret
Seeing the mother of ChristMatrem christi si videret
In such agony?In tanto supplicio?
Who could not be saddenedQuis non posset contristari
To behold the pious motherPiam matrem contemplari
Suffering with her son?Dolentem cum filio?

For the sins of his peoplePro peccatis suae gentis
She saw Jesus in tormentIesum vidit in tormentis
And subjected to lashesEt flagellis subditum
She saw her sweet offspringVidit suum dulcem natum
Dying and abandonedMorientem desolatum
As he gave up his spiritDum emisit spiritum

Oh mother, fount of loveEia mater fons amoris
Let me feel the force of your sorrowMe sentire vim doloris
Make me mourn with youFac ut tecum lugeam
Make my heart burnFac ut ardeat cor meum
In loving Christ, GodIn amando christum deum
So that I may please himUt sibi complaceam

Holy mother, grant thisSancta mater, istud agas
Fix the wounds of the crucifiedCrucifixi fige plagas
Firmly in my heartCordi meo valide
Of your wounded sonTui nati vulnerati
Who deigned to suffer so much for meTam dignati pro me pati
Share your pains with me!Poenas mecum divide!

Make me truly weep with youFac me vere tecum flere
Mourn the crucifiedCrucifixo condolere
As long as I liveDonec ego vixero
Stand near the cross with youIuxta crucem tecum stare
Freely join youTe libenter sociare
In mourning I desireIn planctu desidero

O illustrious virgin of virginsVirgo virginum praeclara
Do not be harsh with me nowMihi iam non sis amara
Let me weep with youFac me tecum plangere
Let me bear the death of ChristFac ut portem christi mortem
His passion's fatePassionis eius sortem
And recall his woundsEt plagas recolere

Let me be wounded by his woundsFac me plagis vulnerari
Intoxicated by this crossCruce hac inebriari
For the love of the sonOb amorem filii
Inflamed and kindledInflammatus et accensus
May I be defended by you, virginPer te virgo sim defensus
On the day of judgmentIn die iudicii

Let me be protected by the crossFac me cruce custodiri
Fortified by Christ's deathMorte christi praemuniri
Nourished by graceConfoveri gratia
When my body diesQuando corpus morietur
Grant that my soulFac ut animae donetur
May be given the glory of paradiseParadisi gloria

AmenAmen