Adaptation and performance by Jason Paul John
Featuring Amy Freeman Gamez, additional voice and cello
Alma (Redemptoris Mater)
2021
Edition of 2000 NFTs
Marian Hymn
Hermannus Contractus (also called Herman the Cripple; 1013–1054) is said to have authored the hymn based on the writings of Saints Fulgentius, Epiphanius, and Irenaeus of Lyon.
Alma redemptoris mater
Quae pervia caeli porta manes et stella maris
Succurre cadenti surgere qui curat populo
Tu quae genuisti natura mirante
Tuum sanctum genitorem
Virgo prius ac posterius
Gabrielis ab ore sumens illud ave
Peccatorum miserere
—
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 marvelled,
Virgin before and after
receiving that “Ave” from the mouth of Gabriel,
have mercy on sinners.
