| Ave / verum / corpus,/ natum / de / Maria / Virgine, | Hail, true Body, |
| Hail / true / Body / born / of / Mary / Virgin | born of the Virgin Mary, |
| Vere / passum, / immolatum / in / cruce / pro / homine, | who has truly suffered, |
| truly / suffered / was sacrificed / on / cross / for / mankind | and was sacrificed on the cross for mankind, |
| Cujus / latus / perforatum, / unda / fluxit / et / sanguine, | whose side was pierced, |
| Whose / side / was pierced / from where / water flowed / and / blood | whence flowed water and blood, |
| Esto / nobis / praegustatum / in / mortis / examine. | Be for us a foretaste of heaven, |
| Be / for us / foretaste / in / of death / testing | during our final trial. |