An artistic depiction of the Virgin Mary, adorned with a crown, seated on clouds and holding the infant Jesus, who is also crowned. The background features radiating light.

Regina Coeli; Virgin and Christ Child enthroned in the clouds, Ernst Deger

Salve Regina is commonly sung as part of the Liturgy of the Hours. Its English lyrics may be familiar to you as the “Hail, Holy Queen” prayer.

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_The Last Judgment_ painting by Roviale Spagnolo, depicting the final judgment theme around 1550.

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Latin lyrics

Salve Regina, mater misericordiae:
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus, exsules, filii Hevae.
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia ergo, Advocata nostra,
illos tuos misericordes oculos
ad nos converte.
Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis, post hoc exsilium ostende.
O clemens: O pia: O dulcis
Virgo Maria.

English lyrics

Hail, Queen, mother of mercy:
our life, sweetness, and hope, hail.
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve.
To you we sigh, mourning and weeping
in this valley of tears.
Turn then, our advocate,
those merciful eyes
toward us.
And Jesus, the blessed fruit of thy womb,
after our exile, show us.
O clement, O loving, O sweet
Virgin Mary.