| Text: | Latin, 17th century | |
| Music: | Leisentritt's Catholicum Hymnologium Germanicum | 1584 |
| Tune: | Regina Caeli Jubila | 85.84.7 |
| OHT Incipit: | | |
Be joyful, Mary, heav'nly queen,
Gaude, Maria:
Your Son who died was living seen,
Alleluia,
Laetare, O Maria!
The Son you bore by heaven's grace,
Gaude, Maria:
Did all our guilt and sin efface,
Alleluia,
Laetare, O Maria!
The Lord is risen from the dead,
Gaude, Maria:
He rose with might as he had said,
Alleluia,
Laetare, O Maria!
Then pray to God, O Virgin fair,
Gaude, Maria:
That He our souls to heaven bear.
Alleluia!
Laetare, O Maria!
Be joyful, Mary, heav’nly Queen,
Be joyful, Mary!
Your grief is changed to joy serene,
Alleluia!
Rejoice, rejoice, O Mary!
The Son you bore by heaven's grace,
Be joyful, Mary!
Did by His death our guilt erase.
Alleluia!
Rejoice, rejoice, O Mary!
The Lord has risen from the dead,
Be joyful, Mary!
He rose in glory as He said.
Alleluia!
Rejoice, rejoice, O Mary!
Then pray to God, O Virgin fair,
Be joyful, Mary!
That He our souls to heaven bear.
Alleluia!
Rejoice, rejoice, O Mary!
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