Folklore Guild - Ave Verum Corpus (Byrd)

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The Folklore Guild
Ave Verum Corpus (1605)
by William Byrd (1540 - 1623)

Conducted by Merlin A. Mannion
Lecture by Raistlin A. Bullard

Music video recorded and filmed at Greenwood Mausoleum/Cemetery in San Diego, California.
Lecture filmed at the San Diego Central Library.

Text:
Ave verum corpus, natum de Maria Virgine,
vere passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine,
cuius latus perforatum fluxit sanguine:
esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine.

O dulcis, O pie, O Iesu, fili Mariae.
Miserere mei. Amen.

Translation:
Hail, true Body, born of the Virgin Mary,
who has truly suffered,
was sacrificed on the cross for mortals,
whose pierced side flowed with blood:
Be for us a foretaste [of Heaven]
in the final judgement.

Oh sweet, oh pious, oh Jesus, son of Mary,
Have mercy on me. Amen.







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