Ave Maria

Celine Dion | Format: MP3 Download
From the Album These Are Special Times

Product Details

• Label: Columbia
• Copyright: (P) 1998 Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.
• Duration: 4:56 minutes
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• ASIN: B001JQPPFY
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,773 Paid in MP3 Songs (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Songs)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Ave Maria - Celine, June 27, 2009

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David Schilling (Palos Park, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ave Maria (MP3 Download)

Celine's voice carries an expressive emotion with a power and beauty worthy of this classic, timeless piece. This rendition is unique, in that it features some of the original English lyrics. The original words come from an English poem by Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) titled "Lady of the Lake". Schubert translated the words to German and the Latin lyrics were added later to adapt the work for liturgical use. The English verse is translated as:

"Ave Maria! Ave Maria! maiden mild!
Listen to a maiden's prayer!
Thou canst hear though from the wild,
Thou canst save amid despair.
Safe may we sleep beneath thy care,
Though banish'd, outcast and reviled -
Maiden! hear a maiden's prayer;
Mother, hear a suppliant child!