Sunday, July 21, 2013

Walter Scott's translation of "Ave Maria"

Anglican version: Ave Maria! Maiden mild!/ Listen to a maiden's prayers/ For Thou canst hear through from the wild/ Thou canst [save] amid despair/
Safe may we sleep beneath Thy care/ Though banished, outcast and reviled/ O Maiden, hear a maiden's prayer/ O Mother, hear a suppliant child/ Ave Maria! [perhaps refashioned into a purity prayer...and, can "save" be substituted with "pray" in respect to Mary's intercessory role?]