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Ave stella matutina,
mundi princeps et regina,
virgo sola digna dici,
contra tela inimici,
clipeum pone salutis
tui titulum virtutis.
Tu es enim virga Iesse
in qua Deus fecit esse
Aaron amygdalum,
mundi tollens scandalum.
Tu es area compluta,
coelesti rore imbuta,
sicco tamen vellere:
tu nos in hoc carcere
solare propicia.
O Maria mater dei electa,
esto nobis via recta
ad aeterna gaudia
ubi pax et gloria.
English translation
Hail, morning star,
ruler and queen of the world,
alone worthy to be called a virgin,
against the spears of the enemy
interpose the shield of salvation,
the sign of your virtue.
For you are the staff of Jesse,
the rod of Aaron,
who take away the temptation of the world.
You are watered earth,
imbued with celestial dew,
like a dry fleece:
therefore console us in this prison.
O chosen mother of God,
be to us a straight path to eternal joy,
where peace and glory are found.