Alma Redemptoris Mater

Traditional Marian hymn sung during the Advent/Christmas season at the end of Compline (Night Prayer).

The English translation of the chant:

Loving Mother of the Redeemer,
who remains the accessible Gateway of Heaven,
and Star of the Sea,
Give aid to a falling people
that strives to rise;
O Thou who begot thy holy Creator,
while all nature marveled,
Virgin before and after
receiving that "Ave" from the mouth of Gabriel,
have mercy on sinners