Text: | Be Joyful, Mary, Heav'nly Queen |
Tune: | REGINA CAELI |
Composer: | Johann Leisentritt, 1527-1586 |
1 Be joyful, Mary, heav'nly queen,
Gaude, Maria:
Your Son who died was living seen,
Alleluia, laetare, O Maria.
2 The Son you bore by heaven's grace,
Gaude, Maria:
Did all our guilt and sin efface,
Alleluia, laetare, O Maria.
3 The Lord has risen from the dead,
Gaude, Maria:
He rose with might as he had said,
Alleluia, laetare, O Maria.
4 O pray to God, O Virgin fair,
Gaude, Maria:
That he our souls to heaven bear,
Alleluia, laetare, O Maria.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Be joyful, Mary, heav'nly queen |
Title: | Be Joyful, Mary, Heav'nly Queen |
Latin Title: | Regina caeli, jubila |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1994 |
Topic: | Easter Season; Mary, Mother of God |
Source: | tr. anon.; Latin, 17th c. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | REGINA CAELI |
Composer: | Johann Leisentritt, 1527-1586 |
Meter: | 85 8 47 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | Gesangbuch, 1584 |