Ave Maria Magdalena (hail mary magdalene)

Doleo (sorry)

por tu nombre immunda factus (your name was made dirty)

in villa et deo (in the house of God)
por tu sanguine- (for your blood)

cujus una stilla salvum facere- (which a single drop for sinners split)
totum mundum quit ab omni sceler- (cleans the whole world)

ave maria magdelena
ave maria magdelena

Sisters of Mercy

penance or perish

Sisters of Charity

Sisters of our lady
penance or perish
sisters of magdalene

a maiden girl
auburn hair, lavish curls
father her sent away
too much a temptress
quiet your voice child
quiet you body
quiet your soul
for this silent ritual

go now to the house of fallen women
they were all children like me

we were unwed mothers
we were broken daughters, broken by our brothers
we were punished for the sins of a flesh
we knew so little about

go now to the house of fallen women
they were all children like me

Sisters of Mercy

penance or perish

Sisters of Charity

Sisters of our lady
penance or perish
Sisters of Magdalene

Magdalene repented, they said

delivering her prayers
by severing her ties
to the pleasures of man
seduction of youth
sin by association
hide now your breast child
shame upon your covenant

keep it clean keep it clean
wash your sins from these sheets
how dirty they’ve become

stains upon our history
stains upon our saviors name

go now to the house of fallen women
they were all children like me

hush now your voice child
hush now your bodies
hush now your soul
for this silent
for this silent, 
for the silent ritual

Ave Maria Magdalena
Ave Maria Magdalena