Ave, donna santissima - Estampie translation in English

Ave, donna santissima

Ave donna santissima
Regina potentissima.
La vertu celestiale
Colla gratia supernale
En te virgo virginale
Discese benignissima.
Ave, donna santissima
Regina potentissima.
Quasi come le vitrera
Quando li rai del sole la fiera
Dentro passa quella spera,
C'e tanto splendidissima.
Ave, donna santissima
Regina potentissima.
Stando colle porte chiuse
En to Christo se rechiuse
Quando de te se deschiuse
Permansisti purissima.
Ave, donna santissima
Regina potentissima.
Tu se porta, tu se domo
Di te naque Dio et homo
Arbore con dolce pomo
Che sempre sta florissima.
Ave, donna santissima
Regina potentissima.
In quell'ora tu transisisti
Christo amor presente avesti
In ciel collui ti n'andasti,
La corte fu allegrissima.
Ave, donna santissima
Regina potentissima.
San Tommaso fue apparito
Al collegio non era issuto
Disse loro i'o veduto
In ciel salir la dolcissima.
Ave, donna santissima
Regina potentissima

Ave, donna santissima

Hail, most holy Lady
Most powerful Queen.
The celestial virtue
With the supernal grace
Into you, O virgin maid
Descends most benignly.
Hail, most holy Lady
Most powerful Queen.
Just as the window pane
When the sun's bright rays do strike it
Within that sphere do shine,
So splendidly you glitter.
Hail, most holy Lady
Most powerful Queen.
Standing with the doors all closed
In Christ you did enclose
When from you he did expose
You did still remain most purely.
Hail, most holy Lady
Most powerful Queen.
You are gate and you are home
From you God and Man were born
Tree with sweet fruits all adorned
That ever bloom so floridly.
Hail, most holy Lady
Most powerful Queen.
At that hour when you did pass
Christ's love was shining on your face
Into heaven you went apace,
And Heaven's court did brightly beam.
Hail, most holy Lady
Most powerful Queen.
Saint Thomas he had made his way
From his cell he came that day
He told them all I saw today
As the dearest Lady climbed on high.
Hail, most holy Lady
Most powerful Queen