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Oratio
Stabat Mater — Part II
At the Cross her station keeping (Stanzas 3–4)
O quam tristis et afflicta
O how sad and sore distressed
fuit illa benedicta
was that Mother highly blessed
Mater Unigeniti!
of the sole-begotten One!
Quae maerebat et dolebat,
Christ above in torment hangs;
pia Mater, dum videbat
she beneath beholds the pangs
nati poenas incliti.
of her dying, glorious Son.