Salve Regina

Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae,
Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,
vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
our life, our sweetness and our hope.
ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevae,
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve;
ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
to thee do we send up our sighs,
in hac lacrimarum valle.
mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos
Turn then, most gracious advocate,
misericordes oculos ad nos converte;
thine eyes of mercy toward us;
et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
and show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.
after this our exile,
O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary