Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Salve Regina

Hail, Queen of heaven,
Mother of love and graciousness.
Life with its sweetness and hope most blessed,
to you we cry here, we exiles, the sons of Eve’s children;
to you we do sigh here, with weeping and pleading,
in this dark and sorrowful valley.
For you are our helper, the advocate for us;
with your eyes full of grace look upon us.
And Jesus, the most blessed fruit of your own body,
after we end this exile here, make known to us.
O gracious, O holy, O lovely Virgin Mary.

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Gegrüßet seist du, Königin,
Mutter der Barmherzigkeit,
unser Leben, unsere Süßigkeit und unsere Hoffnung.
Zu dir rufen wir, elende Kinder Evas.
Zu dir seufzen wir trauernd und weinend
in diesem Tal der Tränen.
Wohlan denn, unsere Fürsprecherin!
Wende deine barmherzigen Augen zu uns, und nach diesem Elend
zeige uns Jesus, die gebenedeite Frucht deines Leibes.
O gütige, o milde, o süße Jungfrau Maria.

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Salve Regina,
mater misericordiae.
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus, exsules, filii Evae.
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eja ergo, Advocata nostra,
illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte.
Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.
O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo Maria!

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