1. Stabat mater dolorósa
juxta Crucem lacrimósa,
dum pendébat Fílius.
The sorrowful mother was standing
beside the Cross weeping,
while the Son was hanging.
2. Cuius ánimam geméntem,
contristántem et doléntem
pertransívit gládius.
Whose moaning soul,
depressed and grieving,
the sword has passed through.
3. O quam tristis et afflícta
fuit illa benedícta,
mater Unigéniti!
O how sad and stricken
was that blessed [woman],
mother of the Only-begotten [one]!
4. Quae mœrébat et dolébat,
pia Mater, dum vidébat
nati pœnas ínclyti.
Who was mourning and suffering,
the pious Mother, while she was watching
the punishments of the glorious son.
5. Quis est homo qui non fleret,
matrem Christi si vidéret
in tanto supplício?
Who is the person who would not weep,
if he had seen the mother of Christ
in such great suffering?
6. Quis non posset contristári
Christi Matrem contemplári
doléntem cum Fílio?
Who would not be able to be saddened
to behold the Mother of Christ
grieving with the Son?
7. Pro peccátis suæ gentis
vidit Jésum in torméntis,
et flagéllis súbditum.
For the sins of his people
she saw Jesus in torments,
and subjected to lashes.
8. Vidit suum dulcem Natum
moriéndo desolátum,
dum emísit spíritum.
She saw her sweet Son
dying forsaken,
while he sent forth [his] spirit.
9. Eja, Mater, fons amóris
me sentíre vim dolóris
fac, ut tecum lúgeam.
Come now, O Mother, fountain of love
Make me feel the power of sorrow
that I might mourn with you.
10. Fac, ut árdeat cor meum
in amándo Christum Deum
ut sibi compláceam.
Grant that my heart may burn
in loving Christ the God
that I might please him.
11. Sancta Mater, istud agas,
crucifíxi fige plagas
cordi meo válide.
O Holy Mother, may you do that,
fix the wounds of the cross
mightily in my heart.
12. Tui Nati vulneráti,
tam dignáti pro me pati,
pœnas mecum dívide.
Of your wounded son,
[who] so deigned to suffer for me,
Share [his] penalties with me.
13. Fac me tecum pie flere,
crucifíxo condolére,
donec ego víxero.
Make me cry dutifully with you,
to suffer (with him) on the cross,
as long as I shall have lived.
14. Juxta Crucem tecum stare,
et me tibi sociáre
in planctu desídero.
To stand by the Cross with you,
to unite me to you
in weeping [this] I desire.
15. Virgo vírginum præclára,
mihi iam non sis amára,
fac me tecum plángere.
O noble Virgin of virgins,
Be not bitter with me now,
Make me mourn with you.
16. Fac ut portem Christi mortem,
passiónis fac consórtem,
et plagas recólere.
Grant that I might bear the death of Christ,
Make [me] kindred in the passion,
and contemplate the wounds.
17. Fac me plagis vulnerári,
fac me Cruce inebriári,
et cruóre Fílii.
Make me injured by the wounds,
make me drunken by the Cross,
and by the blood of the Son.
18. Flammis ne urar succénsus,
per te, Virgo, sim defénsus
in die iudícii.
Lest I be consumed burned by flames,
through you, O Virgin, may I be defended
on the day of judgement.
19. Christe, cum sit hinc exire,
da per Matrem me veníre
ad palmam victóriæ.
O Christ, when it is time to depart hence,
grant me to come through the Mother,
to the palm of victory.
20. Quando corpus moriétur,
fac, ut ánimæ donétur
paradísi glória.
When the body will decay,
grant that it may be bestowed on [my] soul
the glory of paradise.
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