Plainchant from Prague. In festo Corporis Christi. Motetum. Ave, lumen

(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!