Victimae Paschali		To the Paschal victim
laudes immolent Christiani.	may Christians offer songs of praise. 

Agnus redemit oves:		The Lamb has redeemed the sheep;
Christus innocens Patri		The innocent Christ
reconciliavit peccatores.       has reconciled sinners to the Father.

Mors et vita duello	        Death and life have clashed
conflixere mirando:		in a miraculous duel:
dux vitae mortuus,      	The Leader of Life is dead, 
regnat vivus.   		yet reigns alive. 

Dic nobis Maria,        	Tell us, Mary, 
Quid vidisti in via?		what did you see on the way? 
Sepulcrum Christi viventis, 	I saw the tomb of the living Christ, 
et gloriam vidi resurgentis, 	and the glory of His rising, 

Angelicos testes, 		The angelic witnesses,
sudarium et vestes.		the shroud and His clothes.
Surrexit Christus spes mea:	Christ, my hope, has risen: 
praecedet suos [vos] in 	He will go before his own into Galilee.
Galilaeam.

[Credendum est magis soli       [More trust should be placed
Mariae veraci                   In truthful Mary
Quam Judaeorum                  Than in the deceitful
Turbae fallaci.]                Crowd of Jews.]

Scimus Christum surrexisse	We know that Christ has truly risen
a mortuis vere: 		from the dead. 
Tu nobis, victor Rex miserere.	O Conqueror and King, have mercy on us.
[Amen.] [Alleluia.] 		[Amen.] [Alleluia.] 

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