Latin text
1. Regina coeli jubila, Gaude Maria.
Jam pulsa cedunt nubila.
Alleluia. Laetare o Maria.
2. Quem digna terris gignere, Gaude Maria.
Vivis resurgit funere.
Alleluia. Laetare o Maria.
3. Sunt fracta mortis spicula, Gaude Maria.
Jesu jacet mors subdita.
Alleluia. Laetare o Maria.
4. Acerbitas solatium, Gaude Maria.
Luctus redonat gaudium.
Alleluia. Laetare o Maria.
5. Turbata sputis lumina, Gaude Maria.
Phoebea vincunt fulgura,
Alleluia. Laetare o Maria.
6. Manum pedumque vulnera, Gaude Maria.
Sunt gratiarum flumina,
Alleluia. Laetare o Maria.
7. Transversa ligni robora, Gaude Maria.
Sunt sceptra regni fulgida.
Alleluia. Laetare o Maria.
8. Lucet arundo purpura, Gaude Maria.
Ut fulva terrae viscera,
Alleluia. Laetare o Maria..
9. Catena, clavi, lancea, Gaude Maria.
Triumphi sunt insignia,
Alleluia. Laetare o Maria..
10. Ergo, Maria, plaudito, Gaude Maria.
Clientibus succurrito,
Alleluia. Laetare o Maria.
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English translation
1. Rejoice, O Mary, heav'nly Queen, Rejoice O Mary!
Now clouds give way to Sunlight's beams,
Alleluia, rejoice, O Mary!
2. The Offspring of thy Virgin womb, Rejoice O Mary!
Is risen from the virgin tomb,
Alleluia, rejoice, O Mary!
3. Death's arrows keen are snapp'd in twain, Rejoice O Mary!
At Jesus' feet death lieth slain,
Alleluia, rejoice, O Mary!
4. Though bitterness endure a night, Rejoice O Mary!
It giveth joy with morning light,
Alleluia, rejoice, O Mary!
5. Troubled with spitting lights??, Rejoice O Mary!
The sun defeats lightning,
Alleluia, rejoice, O Mary!
6. The wounds of hands and feet, Rejoice O Mary!
Give rivers of grace,
Alleluia, rejoice, O Mary!
7. The sturdy crosswise timbers [of the Cross], Rejoice O Mary!
are the gleaming scepters of the Kingdom.
Alleluia, rejoice, O Mary!
8. Your purple reeds shine, Gaude Maria.
As do the yellow depths of the earth,
Alleluia. Laetare o Maria..
9. The chain, the nails, the lance, Rejoice O Mary!
Are symbols of triumph,
Alleluia, rejoice, O Mary!
10. Therefore, Mary, clap your hands, Rejoice O Mary!
Help of your people,
Alleluia, rejoice, O Mary!
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