Salut, Ô Reine! for SATB chorus (2016) by Tyler Versluis

Sung by the Trinity-St. Paul's United Church Choir directed by Brad Ratzlaff at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres, July 2016.

This piece is dedicated to the martyrdom of Fr. Jacques Hamel.

Salut, ô Reine, mère de miséricorde,
notre vie, notre douceur et notre espérance, salut!
Enfants d'Ève, exilés,
nous crions vers vous;
vers vous nous soupirons,
gémissant et pleurant dans cette vallée de larmes.
Ô vous, notre avocate, tournez vers nous votre regard miséricordieux. Et, après cet exil,
montrez-nous Jésus, le fruit béni de vos entrailles.
Ô clémente, ô miséricordieuse,
ô douce Vierge Marie.

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,
Our life, our sweetness and our hope.
To you do we cry,
Poor banished children of Eve;
To you do we send up our sighs,
Mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate,
Your eyes of mercy toward us;
And after this our exile,
Show us the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving,
O sweet Virgin Mary.