Ave Verum (Byrd) for saxophone quartet

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Ave verum Corpus
Natum de Maria Virgine.
Vere passum immolatum
In Cruce pro homine.
Cujus latus perforatum unda fluxit sanguine,
Sanguine.
Esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine.
O dulcis.
O Pie.
O Jesu Fili Mariae,
Miserere mei.

Hail, true Body, born
of the Virgin Mary,
having truly suffered, sacrificed
on the cross for mankind,
from whose pierced side
water and blood flowed:
Be for us a foretaste [of the Heavenly banquet]
in the trial of death!

O sweet Jesus, O holy Jesus,
O Jesus, son of Mary,
have mercy on me. Amen.