Hail Mystical Rose

[Olof Lagren]

Can someone tell me the latin translation for the phrase Hail Mystical Rose ?

Thank you.

 

[Pacifica]

Salve, Rosa Mystica.

 

[Olof Lagren]

Doesn't salve translate to hello?

 

[Godmy]

"Salve" means " be healthy" and "be healthy" was subsequently used for the meaning of "greeting". Therefore, no matter what "hello" meant originally before it became a greeting, today it is a greeting in the same manner as "salve" is

 

[Godmy]

And the way you translate that greeting is irrelevant. Salve, Maria = Hail, Maria.... etc. But it could be also "Hello, Maria" / "Greetings, Maria" / "Good day, Maria" ... and so on and so forth.

 

[Pacifica]

I suppose ave is often more formal than salve.

There's the prayer Ave Maria ("Hail Mary").

But on the other hand, there's also the Salve Regina ("Hail Queen") one, which I had in mind when I translated, so it influenced my word choice.

At the end of the day, ave and salve are both valid translations for "hail".