Hail Holy Queen
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The Hail, Holy Queen (Salve, Regina) is a Catholic prayer to Mary, mother of Jesus.
The origin of this prayer is unclear, but it was set down in its current form at the Abbey of Cluny in the 12th century, and has been widely used in Catholic liturgy since that time. It is commonly said after the completion of the rosary. Liturgically, it is one of four prescribed Marian anthems recited after the office of compline. Below is presented the English followed by the original Latin.
- Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope.
- To you do we cry, poor banished children of Eve.
- To you do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
- Turn then, most gracious Advocate, your eyes of mercy toward us.
- And after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus.
- O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
- Pray for us O Holy Mother of God,
- That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
- Amen.
- Salve Regina, Mater misercodiae, vita dulcedo et spes nostrae salve
- ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevae
- ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle.
- Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericodes oculos ad nos converte
- et Iesum benedictum, fructus ventris tui, nobis post hoc exilium ostende.
- O clemens, o pia, o duclis Virgo Maria.
- Ora pro nobis Sancta Dei Genitirix,
- Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.
- Amen.