LATIN

Ave verum Corpus
natum ex María Vírgine.
Vere passum, immolátum
in cruce pro hómine.
Cuius latus perforátum
fluxit unda et sánguine.
Esto nobis praegustátum
mortis in exámine.
O clemens, O pie,
O dulcis Iesu Fili Maríae.

PHONETIC

AH-veh VEH-room KAWHR-poos
NAH-toom ehks mah-REE-ah VEER-jee-neh.
VEH-reh PAHS-soom, ee-mawh-LAH-toom
een KROO-cheh prawh AWH-mee-neh.
KOO-yoos LAH-toos pehr-fawh-RAH-toom
FLOO-kseet OON-dah eht SAHNG-gwee-neh.
EH-stawh NAWH-bees preh-goo-STAH-toom
MAWHR-tees een ek-SAH-mee-neh.
awh KLEH-mehns, awh PEE-eh,
awh DOOL-chees YEH-soo FEE-lee mah-REE-eh.

Translation

Hail, true Body
born of the Virgin Mary.
You who truly suffered and were sacrificed
on the cross for the sake of man.
From whose pierced side
flowed water and blood:
Be a foretaste for us
in the trial of death.
O sweet, O merciful,
O Jesus, Son of Mary.

SOURCE

attr. Pope Innocent VI