Ave Maria Gratia plena Maria Gratia plena Maria Gratia plena Ave, ave dominus Dominus tecum
Benedicta tu in mulieribus Et benedictus Et benedictus fructus ventris Ventris tui Jesus
Ave Maria Ave Maria Mater dei Ora pro nobis pecatoribus Ora, ora pro nobis Ora ora pro nobis pecatoribus
Nunc et in hora mortis In hora mortis, mortis nostrae In hora mortis nostrae Ave Maria!
[Translation:]
Ave Maria! Ave Maria! maiden mild! Listen to a maiden's prayer! Thou canst hear though from the wild Thou canst save amid despair Safe may we sleep beneath thy care Though banish'd, outcast and reviled - Maiden! hear a maiden's prayer; Mother, hear a suppliant child! Ave Maria!
Ave Maria! undefiled! The flinty couch we now must share Shall seem this down of eider piled If thy protection hover there The murky cavern's heavy air Shall breathe of balm if thou hast smiled; Then, Maiden! hear a maiden's prayer; Mother, list a suppliant child! Ave Maria!
Ave Maria! stainless styled! Foul demons of the earth and air From this their wonted haunt exiled Shall flee before thy presence fair We bow us to our lot of care Beneath thy guidance reconciled; Hear for a maid a maiden's prayer And for a father hear a child! Ave Maria!