William Byrd – Ave verum corpus

William Byrd – Ave verum corpus Sung by the Choir of The Queen's College Oxford, live in Eucharist on Sunday 24 November (Christ the King) 2024 Conductor – Owen Rees –––––– 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, having truly suffered, sacrificed on the cross for mankind, from whose pierced sidewater and blood flowed: be for us a sweet foretaste in the trial of death! O sweet Jesus, O holy Jesus, O Jesus, son of Mary, have mercy on me. Amen.