Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiæ,

vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.

Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevæ,

Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes

in hac lacrimarum valle.

Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos

misericordes oculos ad nos converte;

Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,

nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.

O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria.

In some cases, the following versicle, response, and collect are added:

℣ Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genitrix,

℟ Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.

Oremus.

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui gloriosæ Virginis Matris Mariæ corpus et animam, ut dignum Filii
tui habitaculum effici mereretur, Spiritu Sancto cooperante præparasti: da, ut cuius
commemoratione lætamur; eius pia intercessione, ab instantibus malis, et a morte perpetua
liberemur. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum.

℟ Amen.[8]
Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,

Hail our life, our sweetness and our hope.

To thee do we cry,

Poor banished children of Eve;

To thee do we send up our sighs,

Mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.

Turn then, most gracious advocate,

Thine eyes of mercy toward us;

And after this our exile,

Show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

O clement, O loving,

O sweet Virgin Mary.

V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God,

R. that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

Almighty, everlasting God, who by the co-operation of the Holy Spirit didst prepare the body and
soul of the glorious Virgin-Mother Mary to become a dwelling-place meet for thy Son: grant that as
we rejoice in her commemoration; so by her fervent intercession we may be delivered from present
evils and from everlasting death. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Salve Regina was one of the Leonine Prayers, in which context the collect at the end was
replaced by different text:

Let us pray:

O God, our refuge and our strength, look down with mercy upon the people who cry to Thee; and by
the intercession of the glorious and immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of Saint Joseph her
spouse, of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the saints, in Thy mercy and goodness hear
our prayers for the conversion of sinners, and for the liberty and exaltation of our Holy Mother the
Church. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has a more modern translation:

A painting of the prayer inside Sorrowful Mother Shrine Chapel (Bellevue, Ohio)

Hail, holy Queen, mother of mercy,

Hail our life, our sweetness, and our hope.

To you we cry, poor banished children of Eve;

to you we send up our sighs,

mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.

Turn, then, most gracious advocate,

your eyes of mercy toward us;

and after this, our exile,

show unto us the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus.

O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.

L Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.

R That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.