Plainchant from Prague. In festo Corporis Christi. Motetum. Ave, lumen Dei verum
(Vox prima:) Ave, lumen Dei verum, ave, corpus et sincerum, ave, vox clemenliae! Sis pro nobis omnibus, Rex pie! Natum Verbum incarnatum tradidisti, dum vidisti mundum interimere Adae culpam, quern plasmasti; quam in cruce reparasti pretioso sanguine. Tu sine principle, tu sine fine manens, laudibus incipio glorificare canens. Ave, lesu Christe! (Vox secunda:) Ave, lesu Chrisle. Verbum Patris, Filius Virginis, salus mundi, hostia sacra, Ions pietatis! Ave, via, dulcis et veritas! Summi praemium verum! Caritas vera, tons amoris! Pax, dulcedo, spes, requies, vita nostra perennis! (Vox tertia:) O, premium et requies omnium cordiurn in te sperantium, Genitor, qui regnas in aeternum!
(First part) Hail, true light of God, and hail, true body. hail, word of grace! Be this to all of us, gracious King! The Word that was born, that became flesh, didst Thou offer when Thou sawest that the world would be destroyed by the sin of Adam, whom Thou didst create, and this sin didst Thou on the cross redress with Thy precious blood. Thou, having no beginning, Thou, enduring without end. I begin with praises to glorify Thee, singing. Hail, Jesus Christ! (Second part) Hail, Jesus Christ, Word of the Father. Son of the Virgin, salvation of the world, holy sacrifice, fount of grace! Hail, path and sweet truth! Divine reward of the worthy! True charity, fount of love! Peace, sweetness, hope, tranquility, our eternal life! (Third part) O reward and peace of all the hearts that put their trust in Thee, Creator, who reigns for ever!