Mother of majesty,
God's love adorning,
Thou that hast oped for man
Heaven's high door,
Star of the ocean wave,
Gate of the morning,
Look on our wanderings,
Thee we implore.
Born without stain of sin,
Formed for the Holy,
Gabriel's Ave still
Rises to thee.
Virgin and Mother pure,
Tender and lowly,
Hear us and plead for us,
Bowed at thy knee.
Alma Redemptoris Mater
(From the Roman Breviary)
Hermann Contractus [Hermann of Reichenau] (1013 - 1054) Germany
Translated by Daniel Joseph Donahoe
Source: Early Christian hymns; translations of the verses of the most notable Latin writers of the early and middle ages, edited and translated by Daniel Joseph Donahoe, The Grafton Press, 1908
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