Alma Redemptoris Mater
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General Information
One of four Marian antiphons (the others are Ave Regina coelorum, Regina coeli, and Salve Regina).
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Original text and translations
Latin text
- Alma Redemptoris Mater, quae pervia caeli porta manes,
- et stella maris, succurre cadenti surgere qui curat populo:
- Tu quae genuisti, natura mirante, tuum sanctum Genitorem:
- Virgo prius ac posterius, Gabrielis ab ore sumens illud Ave, peccatorum miserere.
English translation
- Loving Mother of the Redeemer, who remains the gate by which we mortals enter heaven,
- and star of the sea, help your fallen people who strive to rise:
- You who gave birth, amazing nature, to your sacred Creator:
- Virgin prior and following, taking from the mouth of Gabriel that Hail! have mercy on our sins.
German translation
- Erhabne Mutter des Erlösers, du allzeit offne Pforte des Himmels
- und Stern des Meeres, komm, hilf deinem Volke, das sich müht, vom Falle aufzustehn.
- Du hast geboren, der Natur zum Staunen, deinen heiligen Schöpfer.
- Unversehrte Jungfrau, die du aus Gabriels Munde nahmst das selige Ave, o erbarme dich der Sünder.
- (Source: Antiphonale zum Stundengebet)
Portuguese translation
- Doce Mãe do Redentor, que permanece, do céu, uma porta aberta,
- e estrela do mar, ajuda teu povo caído que anseia levantar-se;
- Tu que destes à luz, para espanto da natureza, a Teu Santo Criador;
- Virgem antes e depois, recebendo da boca de Gabriel aquele "Salve!": tende piedade de nós pecadores!
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Settings by composers
- Ambrosian chant
- Gregorian chant
- Gregorian chant arr. Abel Di Marco
- William Byrd
- Francisco Guerrero
- Orlando di Lasso
- Isabella Leonarda
- Johannes Ockeghem
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (a 4)
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (2 parts)
- Peter Philips
- Juan Garcia de Salazar
- Francesco Soriano
- Tomás Luis de Victoria
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