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Good Translation of Ave Verum Latin Text Needed
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Glen Duff
2004-03-01 12:40:26 UTC
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Can anyone provide me with a good translation of the Latin from Mozart's
Ave Verum? Either an internet site or the text itself. I have one in
our Blue Book of anthems but the English does not seem to match the
Latin very well.

Any help would be appreciated.

With thanks,

Glen Duff
Casa Frassati
2004-03-01 15:29:37 UTC
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Ave, verum corpus natum de Maria virgine: (Hail, true Body born of the
Virgin Mary)
vere passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine; (having truly suffered,
immolated [sacrificed] on the cross for mankind)
cujus latus perforatum unda fluxit et sanguine: (whose pierced side gushed
forth water and blood)
esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine, (be for us a foretaste [of
heaven] in death's testing [last moment]).

My translation; I studied Latin for 8 years. This is a literal translation;
there are others that are poetic, but don't capture the true meaning of the
original.

Fr Timothy Deeter
Director, St Mary's Cathedral Choir
Perth, Australia
Post by Glen Duff
Can anyone provide me with a good translation of the Latin from Mozart's
Ave Verum? Either an internet site or the text itself. I have one in
our Blue Book of anthems but the English does not seem to match the
Latin very well.
Any help would be appreciated.
With thanks,
Glen Duff
Glen Duff
2004-03-01 17:55:57 UTC
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With thanks and blessings,

Glen Duff
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Post by Casa Frassati
Ave, verum corpus natum de Maria virgine: (Hail, true Body born of the
Virgin Mary)
vere passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine; (having truly suffered,
immolated [sacrificed] on the cross for mankind)
cujus latus perforatum unda fluxit et sanguine: (whose pierced side gushed
forth water and blood)
esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine, (be for us a foretaste [of
heaven] in death's testing [last moment]).
My translation; I studied Latin for 8 years. This is a literal translation;
there are others that are poetic, but don't capture the true meaning of the
original.
Fr Timothy Deeter
Director, St Mary's Cathedral Choir
Perth, Australia
Post by Glen Duff
Can anyone provide me with a good translation of the Latin from Mozart's
Ave Verum? Either an internet site or the text itself. I have one in
our Blue Book of anthems but the English does not seem to match the
Latin very well.
Any help would be appreciated.
With thanks,
Glen Duff
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