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Alma redemptoris mater

Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1410-1497)

Original Text

English Translation

Original Text

Alma Redemptoris Mater,
quae pervia caeli
porta manes, et stella maris,
succurre cadenti
surgere qui curat, populo:
tu quae genuisti natura mirante,
tuum sanctum Genitorem:
Virgo prius ac posterius,
Gabrielis ab ore sumens illud Ave,
peccatorum miserere.

English Translation

Loving mother of the Redeemer,
that passage to heaven,
gate of the morning, and star of the sea,
help your fallen people
as they try to rise up again,
you who bore to the wonderment of nature,
your holy Creator,
Virgin before and after,
who received from Gabriel that joyful greeting,
have mercy on us sinners.

This piece was performed by the SFBC in In Dulci Jubilo: A Candlelight Christmas Concert on December 14, 2002.