Franz Schubert Ave Maria lyrics: Ave Maria / Gratia plena / Maria, gratia plena / Maria, gratia plena / Ave.
20 June 2018, 12:24 | Updated: 20 June 2018, 12:26
It’s a humble Catholic prayer, with a simple but incredibly moving tune by Franz Schubert. But who has performed ‘Ave Maria’ and what are the lyrics?
Despite being one of the world’s favourite settings of ‘Ave Maria’, Schubert never actually wrote a piece called ‘Ave Maria’.
Schubert’s music was actually called ‘Ellens dritter Gesang’, which translates as ‘Ellen’s Third Song’. He wrote it in 1825, aged 28, to the words of Sir Walter Scott’s epic poem The Lady of the Lake. The song does contain the words ‘Ave Maria’, but only in reference to the prayer itself.
Now one of Schubert’s most popular works, ‘Ave Maria’ has been recorded by numerous artists, with lyrics that largely differ from the original poem.
Andrea Bocelli, Maria Callas and Celine Dion have all recorded beautiful versions, as has the inimitable Luciano Pavarotti:
What are the lyrics to ‘Ave Maria’?
Ave Maria / Gratia plena / Maria, gratia plena / Maria, gratia plena / Ave, ave dominus / Dominus tecum / Benedicta tu in mulieribus / Et benedictus / Et benedictus fructus ventris / Ventris tuae, Jesus. / Ave Maria
Ave Maria / Mater Dei / Ora pro nobis peccatoribus / Ora pro nobis / Ora, ora pro nobis peccatoribus / Nunc et in hora mortis / Et in hora mortis nostrae / Et in hora mortis nostrae / Et in hora mortis nostrae / Ave Maria
English translation:
Hail Mary, full of grace, / Mary, full of grace, / Mary, full of grace, / Hail, Hail, the Lord. / The Lord is with thee. / Blessed art thou among women, and blessed, / Blessed is the fruit of thy womb, / Thy womb, Jesus. / Hail Mary!
Hail Mary, Mother of God, / Pray for us sinners, / Pray, pray for us; / Pray, pray for us sinners, / Now and at the hour of our death, / The hour of our death / The hour of our death, / The hour of our death / Hail Mary.
Luciano Pavarotti lyrics : 'Ave Maria Schubert'
Ave Maria Vergin del ciel Sovrana di grazie e madre pia Accogli ognor la fervente preghiera Non negar A questo smarrito mio amor Tregua nel suo dolor! Sperduta l'alma mia ricorre a te E piena di speme si prostra ai tuoi pi? T'invoca e attende la vera pace che solo tu puoi donar Ave Maria! Ave Maria, gratia plena, Maria, gratia plena Maria, gratia plena Ave Ave Dominus
Dominus tecum, Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus et benedictus fructus ventris ventris tui, Iesus. Ave Maria.
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