"Quibbling for "Salutation" over "hail" seems silly....Call it a poetic lisence, helpful for meter, that is 100% proper...As for "gracious" and "poor" being added: Yes, they were. So what? They help the poetry, and they are correct."
All my quibbles with the Salve Regina are matters of taste. IMO, the thing is very poorly done.
>> All my quibbles with the Salve Regina are matters of taste. <<
Well, there are many translation issues which are grave, not just matters of taste. So even if I agreed with you on taste, I'd pick a more serious example.