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Alto Choir Part Practice (Key of Bb ): "Ave Verum Corpus" by William Byrd (1543-- 1623), is from volume one of his 1605 "Gradualia" publication. "Ave Verum" is considered by many to be William Byrd's finest work. This Latin motet, the fifth of the four-voice compositions in Gradualia I, was written for the Feast of Corpus Christi. The text dates from the 14th century and has been attributed to Pope Innocent VI.

Latin and English text follows:

Ave verum corpus, natum
de Maria Virgine,
vere passum, immolatum
in cruce pro homine,
cuius latus perforatum
fluxit aqua et sanguine
esto nobis praegustatum
in mortis examine
O Iesu dulcis, O Iesu pie, O Iesu, fili Mariae.
Miserere mei. Amen.


Hail, true Body, born
of the Virgin Mary,
who having truly suffered, was sacrificed
on the cross for mankind,
whose pierced side
flowed with water and blood:
May it be for us a foretaste [of the Heavenly banquet]
in the trial of death.
O sweet Jesus, O pious Jesus, O Jesus, son of Mary,
have mercy on me. Amen.