Ave Maria
Schubert
Hail Mary
Hail Mary! Gentle Virgin
Hear a maiden's plea
From this rock, so cold and wild
Let my prayer drift to thee
We'll sleep safe until the morning
No matter how cruel people may be
Oh Virgin, see the maiden's worries
Oh Mother, hear a child in need!
Hail Mary!
Hail Mary! Immaculate!
When we sink down on this rock
To sleep, and your protection covers us
The hard stone will feel soft as a sock
You smile, scents of roses flow
In this gloomy rocky space
Oh Mother, hear a child's woe
Oh Virgin, a maiden calls in grace!
Hail Mary!
Hail Mary! Pure Maid!
The demons of earth and air
Are chased away by your gaze
They can't dwell with us anywhere
We’ll quietly bow to fate
As your holy comfort surrounds
May the Virgin be kind and great
To the child who for the Father sounds
Hail Mary!
