Ave Verum Corpus

Ave, ave verum corpus

Natum de Maria virgine.

Vere passum immolatum

In cruce pro homine.

Cuius latus perforatum,

Unda fluxit et sanguine.

Esto nobis praegustatum,

In mortis examine,

In mortis examine.

Hail, hail true Body [of Christ],

Born of Mary Virgin,

Who suffered in truth, and was immolated

On the Cross for man,

Whose pierced side

Flowed with water and blood,

Let it be for us a foretaste [of heaven]

In the trial of death.