Simple Roman Salve Regina - the Marian Antiphon for “Ordinary Time” or Time after Pentecost.

About 2014 I taught this over a few lessons and made graded crossword puzzles, learning a chunk of vocabulary each lesson. Old Salve Files with three graded crossword puzzles: Part 1, Part 2, and lastly Part 3.

I also put together a Memrise Course : Memrise is a handy thing and the free level is fine for learning stuff. For third party memrise courses like mine, you need to log in and add them to your account in a web browser, then they’re available through the app. You can’t find it by searching through the app itself.

Here’s the Spotify playlist:

Corpus Christi Watershed have a page with 12 Organ Accompaniments for the Simple Salve Regina You’re sure to find one you like there!

Glossed Text

Salve Regina, mater misericordiae, vita, dulcedo et spes nostra, salve.

Salve Regina, mater misericordiae, vita, dulcedo et spes nostra, salve.

Hail, Queen, Mother {of mercy} life sweetness and hope our hail

Hail O Queen, Mother of mercy! Hail! our life, our sweetness and our hope!

Ad te clamamus, exsules filii Hevae, ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle.

Ad te clamamus, exsules filii Hevae, ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle.

to thee {we cry} exiled children {of Eve} to thee {we sigh} mourning and weeping in this {of tears} valley

to thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve, to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears

Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte.

Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte.

So, therefore, advocate our, those your merciful eyes to us turn

Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us

Et Jesum benedictum fructum ventris tui nobis post hoc exsilium ostende

Et Jesum benedictum fructum ventris tui nobis post hoc exsilium ostende

And Jesus blessed fruit {of the womb} thy {to us} after this {exile} show

And after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria.

O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria.

O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.

O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.

Vocabulary Quiz

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