alma redemptoris mater (loving mother of the redeemer)

(Hermann the Lame)

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.

Alma Redemptóris Mater quæ pérvia cæli porta manes, et stella maris, succúrre cadénti. Súrgere qui curat, pópulo: tu quæ genuísti, natúra miránte, tuum sanctum Genitórem, Virgo prius ac postérius, Gabriélis ab ore sumens illud ave, peccatórum miserére.