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Handel: Salve Regina, HWV 241
George Frideric Handel
Soprano solo
1. Largo
Salve Regina, Mater Misericordiae,
Vita, ducedo, et spes nostra, salve!
1. Largo
Greetings, O queen, Mother of mercy,
Our life, our sweetness and our hope,
greetings!
2. Adagio
Ad te clamamus, exsules fili [H]evae,
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes,
In hac lacrimarum valle.
2. Adagio
We cry to you, exiled chldren of Eve.
We sigh to you, groaning and sobbing
In this valley of tears.
3. Largo
Eja ergo,Advocata nostra,
Illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte
Et Jesum, benedictum ffructum ventris tui,
Nobis, post hoc exilium, ostende.
3. Largo
Therefore, O our Advocate,
Turn your merciful eyes upon us,
And offer to us the blessed fruit
of your womb
After this exile.
4. Adagissimo
O clemens, O pia,
O dulcis Virgo Maria, salve.
4. Adagissimo
O merciful, O holy,
O sweet Virgin Mary, greetings.
Marian hymn