Translation of the song Ave verum corpus artist Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Ave, verum corpus

Hail, true Body,

Natum de Maria Virgine,

born of the Virgin Mary,

Vere passum immolatum

who having truly suffered,

In Cruce pro homine,

was sacrificed on the cross for mankind,

Cujus latus perforatum

whose pierced side

Unda fluxit et sanguine,

flowed with water and blood:

Esto nobis praegustatum

May it be for us a foretaste [of the Heavenly banquet]

In mortis examine.

in the trial of death.