Description
Instrumental arrangement of William Byrd’s motet Ave Verum (Hail true body)
Ave verum Corpus natum de Maria virgine.
Vere passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine.
Cujus latus perforatum unda fluxit sanguine
Esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine.
O dulcis. O Pie. O Jesu Fili Mariae,
Miserere mei. Amen.
Hail, true Body, born of the Virgin Mary,
who truly suffered, sacrificed on the cross for humankind,
from whose pierced side water and blood flowed
Be for us a foretaste in the trial of death
O sweet one, O holy one, O Jesus son of Mary,
have mercy on me. Amen.