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Ave Maris Stella

This Latin song was chosen as the Acadian national anthem in 1884 by the Acadian delegates of the second national convention held at Miscouche, Prince Edward Island after it was proposed by Pascal Poirier and adopted by the assembly.

In 1994, the Société Nationale de l’Acadie launched a contest inviting the public to create a French version of the Ave Maris Stella. Jacinte Laforest, a journalist with La Voix acadienne (a weekly newspaper from Prince Edward Island) won the contest. Her version was first sung at the closing concert of the first Acadian National Congress by singer songwriter Lina Boudreau.

Ave Maris Stella – French adaptation. * The first and last couplets remain in the original Latin form

Ave Maris Stella,
Dei Mater Alma,
Atque Semper Virgo
Felix Coeli Porta (bis)


Acadie ma patrie
À ton nom, je me lie,
Ma vie, ma foi sont à toi
Tu me protégeras. (bis)


Acadie ma patrie (mon pays)
Ma terre et mon défi
De près, de loin tu me tiens
Mon cœur est acadien (bis)


Acadie, ma patrie
Ton histoire, je la vis
La fierté, je te la dois
En l'avenir, je crois (bis)


Ave Marie Stella
Dei Mater Alma
Atque Semper Virgo
Felix Coeli Porta (bis)





Ave Maris Stella (original)

Ave Maris Stella,
Dei mater alma,
Atque semper virgo,
Felix coeli porta,
Felix coeli porta.
Amen.


Sumens illud Ave,
Gabrielis ore,
Funda nos in pace,
Mutans Hevae nomen.


Solve vincla reis,
Profer lumen caecis,
Mala nostra pelle,
Bona cuncta posce.


Monstra le esse matrem,
Sumat per te preces,
Qui pro nobis natus,
Tulit esse tuus.


Virgo singularis,
Inter omnes mitis,
Nos culpis solutos,
Mites fac et castos.


Vitam praesta puram,
Iter para tutum,
Ut videntes Jesum,
Semper collaetemur.


Sit taus Deo Patri,
Summo Christo decus,
Spiritui Sancto,
Tribus honor unus.


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Van Buren, Maine
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