LATIN

Regáli ex progénie
María exórta refúlget,
cuius vita ínclyta cunctas illústrat Ecclésias.

PHONETIC

reh-GAH-lee ehks prawh-JEH-nee-eh
mah-REE-ah eh-K’SAWHR-tah reh-FOOL-jeht
KOO-yoos VEE-tah EENG-klee-tah KOONG-k’tahs eel-LOO-straht ehk-KLEH-see-ahs.

TRANSLATION

The daughter of a Kingly race,
Mary was a maiden of illustrious birth;
whose famous life still sheds its luster upon all the Churches.

SOURCE

cf. Second Vespers of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary