O crux gloriósa, * o crux adoránda, o lignum pretiósum et admirábile signum, quo et diábolus est victus, et mundus Christi sánguine redémptus, allelúia.
O glorious cross, * O adorable cross, O precious wood and admirable sign, by which the devil was vanquished, and the world redeemed by the blood of Christ, alleluia.