Stabat Mater |
Stabat mater dolorosa
Juxta crucem lacrimosa
Dum pendebat Filius | The grieving mother stood
by the cross weeping
while her son hung there |
Cujus animam gementem,
Contristatam et dolentem,
Pertransivit gladius | Through her weeping soul
sad and sorrowful
a sword passed |
O quam tristis et afflicta
Fuit illa benedicta
Mater Unigentiti | O how sad and afflicted
was the blessed mother of
the only-begotten one |
Quæ mœrebat et dolebat
Pia mater cum videbat
Natie pœnas inclyti | There remained and wept the
loving mother while she
watched the agonies of her glorious Son |
Quis est homo qui non fleret,
Christi matrem si videret
In tanto supplicio? | Who is he who would not
weep if he saw Christ's own
mother in such torment? |
Quis non posset contristari
Piam matrem contemplari
Dolentem cum filio? | Who could not be sorrowful
to see Christ's mother
grieving with her Son? |
Pro peccatis suæ gentis
Vidit Jesum in tormentis
Et flagellis subditum | For the sins of the people
she sees Jesus in agony
having undergone scourges |
Vidit suum dulcem natum
Morientem desolatum
Dum emisit spiritum | she sees her own sweet son
forsaken in death while he
gives up the spirit |
Eja mater, fons amoris
Me sentire vim doloris
Fac ut tecum lugeam | Mother, spring of love, let
me feel the strength of thy
grief that I may weep with thee |
Fac ut ardeat cor meum
In amando Christum Deum
Ut sibi complaceam | Let my heart burn with love
of Christ the Lord to
please Him |
Sancta mater, istud agas:
Crucifixi fige plagas
Cordi meo valide | Holy mother, do this: fix
the wounds of the Crucified
firmly in my heart |
Tui nati vulnerati
Tam dignati pro me pati
Pœnas mecum divide | Share with me the pains of
thy wounded son that
deigned to suffer for me |
Fac me vere tecum flere
Crucifixo condolere
Donec ego vixero | Let me weep with you and
lament the Crucified as
long as I live |
Juxta crucem tecum stare
Te libenter sociare
In planctu desidero | I desire to stand by the
cross with you and to
share in your grief |
Virgo virginum præclara
Mihi jam non sis amara
Fac me tecum plangere | Most famous virgin of
virgins be not now bitter
with me but let me weep with you |
Fac ut portem Christi mortem
Passionis ejus sortem
et plagas recolere | Make a gate of Christ's
death; make me a sharer of
the Passion and let me remember His wounds |
Fac me plagis vulnerari
Cruce hac inebriari
Ob amorem Filii | Make me to he wounded with
His wounds and to drink
deep of the cross for love of Thy Son |
Inflammatus et accensus
Per te Virgo, sim defensus
In die judicii | On fire and burning, may I
be defended by thee, O
virgin, on the day of Judgement |
Fac me cruce custodiri
Morte Christi præmuniri
Confoveri gratia | Grant that I may be
protected by the cross,
saved by Christ's death and supported by His grace |
Quando corpus morietur
Fac ut animæ donetur
Paradisi gloria. Amen. | When my body dies, let my
soul be granted the glory
of paradise. Amen. |
