Trond Kverno: Ave maris stella

Ave maris stella, Dei Mater alma,       
Atque semper virgo, felix caeli portas.       
Sumens illud Ave Gabrielis ore,        
Funda nos in pace, mutans Hevae nomen.   
Solve vincla reis, profer lumen caecis,       
Mala nostro pelle, bona cuncta posce.       
Monstra te esse matrem, sumat per te preces,   
Qui pro nobis natus, tulit esse tuus.       
Virgo singularis, inter omnes mitis,       
Nos culpis solutos, mites fac et custos.       
Vitam praesta puram, iter para tutum,       
Ut videntes Jesum, semper collaetemur.       
Sit laus Deo Patri, summo Christo decus,   
Spiritui Sancto, tribus honor unus.  Amen.   
Ave, gratia plena!  Dominus tecum!  Benedicta tu in mulieribus!   

Hail, Star of the Sea, loving Mother of God,
And Virgin immortal, heaven’s blissful portal!
Receiving that “Ave” from the mouth of Gabriel,
Reversing the name of “Eva,” establish us in peace.
Break the chains of sinners, bring light to the blind,
Drive away our evils, and ask for all good things.
Show yourself as Mother, offering him our prayers,
He who, born for us, chose to be your Son.
O incomparable Virgin, meek above all others,
Make us, freed from our faults, meek and chaste.
Keep our life pure, make our journey safe,
So that, seeing Jesus, we may rejoice forever.
Praise to God the Father, and glory to Christ on high,
And to the Holy Spirit, honor to the three in one.  Amen.
Hail, full of grace!  The Lord is with you!  Blessed are you among women!

SSATBB a cappella
Trond Kverno • b. 1945
Publisher — Walton Music
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Recorded live in Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France
29 September 1999

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