Stabat Mater — Part I

Stabat Mater dolorosa

At the Cross her station keeping,

iuxta crucem lacrimosa,

stood the mournful Mother weeping,

dum pendebat Filius.

close to Jesus to the last.

Cuius animam gementem,

Through her heart, his sorrow sharing,

contristatam et dolentem,

all his bitter anguish bearing,

pertransivit gladius.

now at length the sword had passed.