Text: Sancta Maria, mater Dei

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Original Text	English Translation

Sancta Maria mater Dei ego omnia tibi debeo sed ab hac hora singulariter me tuis servitiis devoveo. Te patronam te sospitatricem eligo. Tuus honor et cultus aeternum mihi cordi fuerit, quem ego nunquam deseram neque ab aliis mihi subditis verbo factoque violari patiar. Sancta Maria tu pia me pedibus tuis advolutum recipe, in vita protege, in mortis discrimine defende. Amen.	Holy Mary, mother of God, I owe everything to you, and from this moment I devote myself uniquely to your service. I choose you as protector, you as preserver. In my heart forever will be your honor and worship, which I will never forsake, nor allow anyone subject to me to violate by word or deed. Holy Mary, gracious, receive me, suppliant at your feet: protect me in life, and at death’s assize be my advocate. Amen.

Translation: Robert Coote, Polly Coote