Translation of the song Stabat Mater Dolorosa artist Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Stabat Mater dolorósa

Stood the Mother of Sorrows

iuxta crucem lacrimósa,

in tears at the Cross

dum pendébat Fílius.

on which the Son hung.

Cuius ánimam geméntem,

A sword pierced.

contristátam et doléntem

his groaning, grieved

pertransívit gládius.

and sore soul.

Quam tristis et afflícta

O how sad and afflicted

fuit illa benedícta

was that holy Mother

Mater Unigéniti!

of the Only Begotten Son!

Quae mœrébat et dolébat,

How saddened and hurt

pia Mater, dum vidébat

the pious Mother

nati pœnas ínclyti.

seeing the pains of the glorious Son.

Quis est homo, qui non fleret,

Who is the man, who would not weep,

Christi Matrem si vidéret

whelmed in miseries so deep,

in tanto supplício?

Christ's dear Mother to behold?

Vidit suum dulcem natum

She saw her tender Child,

moriéntem desolátum,

hang in desolation,

dum emísit spíritum.

till His spirit forth sent.

Eia, Mater, fons amóris,

O Mother! fount of love!

me sentíre vim dolóris

let me feel the strength of your pain,

fac, ut tecum lúgeam.

so I can cry with you.

Fac, ut árdeat cor meum

Make my heart blaze

in amándo Christum Deum,

in the loving of Christ, the Lord,

ut sibi compláceam.

so that I may please Him.

Sancta Mater, istud agas,

Holy Mother, do it,

crucifíxi fige plagas

the crucified Christ's sores

cordi meo válide.

hard print in my hearth

Fac, ut portem Christi mortem,

Make me bear the death of Christ,

passiónis fac consòrtem

Make me share His Passion,

et plagas recólere.

and His wounds remember.

Fac me plagis vulnerári,

Make me be afflicted with those wounds

cruce hac inebriári

And intoxicated with this Cross

et cruòre Fílii.

and blood of Your Son.

Flammis ne urar ne succénsus,

That I am not burned by the flames,

per te, Virgo, sim defénsus

that I am, O Virgin, defended by you

in die iudícii.

in the Judgment Day.

Quando corpus moriétur,

When body will die,

fac, ut ánimæ donétur

may the soul get

paradísi glória.

the Paradise’s glory.

Amen.

Amen.