Ave Maria

Ave Maria, gratia plena,
Dominus tecum;
benedicta tu in mulieribus,
et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus.
Sancta Maria, Regina coeli,
dulcis et pia, o Mater Dei,
ora pro nobis peccatoribus,
ut cum electis te videamus.

Author: Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da

Palestrina, 1526 - Roma, 1594
Period: Renaissance
Genre: Mottetto
Voices and instruments: for four voices SATB
Area: Sacred
Year: 1563
Language: Latino
Translation: Hail Mary

Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee;
blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Queen of heaven
sweet and merciful, O Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
that with the elect we may gaze.