Salve Regina

Hail Queen

Salve Regina

Hail, Queen, Mother of mercySalve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Our life, sweetness, and hope, hailVita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve
To you we cry, exiled children of EveAd te clamamus, exsules filii Hevae
To you we sigh, groaning and weepingAd te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
In this valley of tearsIn hac lacrimarum valle

Hey, therefore, our advocate, turnEia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos
Those merciful eyes of yours towards usMisericordes oculos ad nos converte
And Jesus, blessed fruit of your wombEt Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui
Show to us after this exileNobis post hoc exilium ostende

Oh mercifulO clemens
Oh piousO pia
Oh sweet Virgin MaryO dulcis Virgo Maria