Alma Redemptoris Mater,
Quæ pervia cæli porta manes,
Et stella maris,
Succurre cadenti
Surgere qui curat populo:
Tu quæ genuisti, natura mirante,
Tuum sanctum Genitorem:
Virgo prius ac posterius,
Gabrielis ab ore
Sumens illud Ave,
Peccatorum miserere.

Loving mother of the Redeemer,
Gate of heaven,
Star of the sea,
Assist your people,
Who have fallen yet strive to rise again,
To the wonderment of nature,
You bore your Creator,
Yet remained a virgin after as before,
You who received
Gabriel’s joyful greeting,
Have pity on us poor sinners.