Ave verum corpus

Hail, true Body,

Ave, verum corpus

Hail, true Body,

Natum de Maria Virgine,

born of the Virgin Mary,

Vere passum immolatum

who having truly suffered, was sacrificed

In Cruce pro homine,

on the cross for mankind,

Cujus latus perforatum

whose pierced side

Unda fluxit et sanguine,

flowed with water and blood:

Esto nobis praegustatum

May it be for us a foretaste [of the Heavenly banquet]

In mortis examine.

in the trial of death.