III.
Who is he his tears concealing,
Could have seen such anguish stealing
Through the Saviour-mother’s breast?
Who his deepest groans could smother,
Had he seen the holy Mother
By her Son with grief oppressed!
IV.
Pro peccatis suæ gentis
Vidit Jesum in tormentis,
Et flagellis subditum;
Vidit suum dulcem natum
Morientem, desolatum,
Dum emisit spiritum.