Stabat Mater (for Helga D)

Stabat mater dolorosa
juxta Crucem lacrimosa,
dum pendebat Filius.

Cuius animam gementem,
contristatam et dolentem
pertransivit gladius.

At the Cross her station keeping,
stood the mournful Mother weeping,
close to her Son to the last.

Through her heart, His sorrow sharing,
all His bitter anguish bearing,
now at length the sword has passed.

Стояла Мать скорбящая
Возле креста в слезах,
Когда на нем висел Сын,

Чью душу стенающую,
Сочувствующую и страдающую,
Пронзил меч.

Music by Agni Agnellius
Illustration: Louis Janmot,
"Fleur des champs" (détail), 1845