Deus ti salvet Maria

The Deus ti salvet Maria (also known simply as the "Sardinian Hail Mary") is a devotional song belonging to the Sardinian tradition of the Gosos, written in Sardinian language in the 18th century by the poet Bonaventura Licheri[1] (Neoneli, 1667–1733). The lyrics were composed (or translated) around 1725; the oldest transcription is the one of Maurizio Carrus, who had inserted it as an appendix in the Rosary of San Vero Milis in 1731. The Laude is sung in the form of the gosos, a typical devotional song widespread in Sardinia.[2]

In 1974 Sardinian singer Maria Carta presented it to the general public on the Canzonissima television show; in 1987 she performed it at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, accompanied by a pipe organ.