Ave Maria (the song)
Ave Maria
Gratia plena
Maria, gratia plena
Maria, gratia plena
Ave, ave dominus
Dominus tecum
Benedicta tu in mulieribus
Et benedictus
Et benedictus fructus ventris
Ventris tuae, Jesus.
Ave Maria
Ave Maria
Mater Dei
Ora pro nobis peccatoribus
Ora pro nobis
Ora, ora pro nobis peccatoribus
Nunc et in hora mortis
Et in hora mortis nostrae
Et in hora mortis nostrae
Et in hora mortis nostrae
Ave Maria
A line by line
translation (as nearly as I can figure it):
Hail Mary
Full of
grace
Mary, full of grace
Mary, full of grace
Hail, hail the
Lord
The Lord is with you
Blessed are you among women
And blessed
And blessed the
fruit of your
womb
Of your womb,
Jesus
Hail Mary
Pray for us sinners
Pray, pray for us sinners
Now and in the hour of death
And in the hour of our death
And in the hour of our death
And in the hour of our death
Hail Mary
The Ave has been put to music by a number of composers, including Franz Schubert, Wolfgang Mozart, Charles Gounod, Anton Bruckner, Johannes Brahms, Giuseppe Verdi, and Sergei Rachmaninov, to name some of the most notable. These lyrics are from the Schubert version, which I find to be the best-known and most recognizable Ave.