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Introitus

Requiem

(Chorus)

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,

et lux perpetua luceat eis.

(Soprano)

Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion,

et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem.

(Choir)

Exaudi orationem meam,

ad te omnis caro veniet.

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,

et lux perpetua luceat eis.

(Chorus)

Grant them eternal rest, O Lord,

And may the perpetual light shine on them.

(Soprano)

Thou, O God, are praised in Sion,

And unto Thee shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem.

(Choir)

Hear my prayer,

Unto Thee shall all flesh come.

Grant them eternal rest, O Lord,

And may perpetual light shine on them.

Kyrie

Kyrie eleison.

Christe eleison.

Kyrie eleison.

Lord have mercy upon us.

Christ have mercy upon us.

Lord have mercy upon us.

Sequentia

Dies Irae

Dies irae, dies illa

Solvet saeclum in favilla,

Teste David cum Sibylla.

Quantus tremor est futurus

Quando judex est venturus

Cuncta stricte discussurus.

Day of wrath, that day

Will dissolve the age in ashes

As David and the Sibyl bear witness.

What dread there will be

When the Judge shall come

To judge all things strictly.

Tuba Mirum

(Bass)

Tuba mirum spargens sonum

Per sepulcra regionum

Coget omnes ante thronum.

(Tenor)

Mors stupebit et natura

Cum resurget creatura

Judicanti responsura.

Liber scriptus proferetur

In quo totum continetur,

Unde mundus judicetur.

(Contralto)

Judex ergo cum sedebit

Quidquid latet apparebit,

Nil inultum remanebit.

(Soprano)

Quid sum miser tunc dicturus,

Quem patronum rogaturus,

Cum vix justus sit securus?

(All Soloists)

Cum vix justus sit securus?

(Bass)

A trumpet, spreading a wondrous sound

Through the graves of all lands,

Will drive mankind before the throne.

(Tenor)

Death and nature shall be astonished

When all creation rises again

To answer to the Judge.

A book, written in, will be brought forth

In which everything is contained,

According to which the world will be judged.

(Contralto)

When therefore the Judge takes His seat

Whatever is hidden will reveal itself.

Nothing will remain unavenged.

(Soprano)

What then shall I say, wretch that I am?,

What advocate entreat to speak for me,

When even the righteous may hardly be secure?

(All Soloists)

When even the righteous may hardly be secure?

Rex Tremendae

Rex tremendae majestatis,

Qui salvandos salvas gratis,

Salva me, fons pietatis.

King of great majesty,

Who freely savest the redeemed,

Save me, O fount of mercy.

Recordare

(Soloists)

Recordare, Jesu pie,

Quod sum causa tuae viae,

Ne me perdas illa die.

Quaerens me sedisti lassus,

Redemisti crucem passus,

Tantus labor non sit cassus.

Juste judex ultionis

Donum fac remissionis

Ante diem rationis.

Ingemisco tanquam reus,

Culpa rubet vultus meus,

Supplicanti parce, Deus.

Qui Mariam absolvisti

Et latronem exaudisti,

Mihi quoque spem dedisti.

Preces meae non sunt dignae,

Sed tu bonus fac benigne,

Ne perenni cremer igne.

Inter oves locum praesta,

Et ab haedis me sequestra,

Statuens in parte dextra.

(Soloists)

Remember, blessed Jesus,

That I am the cause of Thy pilgrimage,

Do not forsake me on that day.

Seeking me Thou didst sit down weary,

Thou didst redeem me, suffering death on the cross.

Let not such toil be in vain.

Just and avenging Judge,

Grant remission

Before the day of reckoning.

I groan like a guilty man.

Guilt reddens my face.

Spare a suppliant, O God.

Thou who didst absolve Mary

And didst hearken to the thief,

To me also hast Thou given hope.

My prayers are not worthy,

But Thou in Thy merciful goodness grant

That I burn not in everlasting fire.

Place me among Thy sheep

And separate me from the goats,

Setting me on Thy right hand.

Confutatis

Confutatis maledictis

Flammis acribus addictis,

Voca me cum benedictis.

Oro supplex et acclinis,

Cor contritum quasi cinis,

Gere curam mei finis.

When the accursed have been confounded

And given over to the bitter flames,

Call me with the blessed.

I pray in supplication on my knees.

My heart contrite as the ashes,

Safeguard my fate.

Lacrimosa

Lacrimosa dies illa

Qua resurget ex favilla

Judicandus homo reus.

Huic ergo parce, Deus,

Pie Jesu Domine,

Dona eis requiem. Amen.

Mournful that day

When from the dust shall rise

Guilty man to be judged.

Therefore spare him, O God.

Merciful Jesu Lord

Grant them rest. Amen.

Offertorium

Domine Jesu

Domine, Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae,

libera animas omnium fidelium defunctorum

de poenis inferni, et de profundo lacu:

libera eas de ore leonis,

ne absorbeat eas tartarus,

ne cadant in obscurum,

(Soloists)

Sed signifer sanctus Michael

repraesentet eas in lucem sanctam,

(Choir)

Quam olim Abrahae promisisti et semini eius.

Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory,

Deliver the souls of all the faithful departed

From the pains of hell and from the bottomless lake.

Deliver them from the lion's mouth.

Neither let be swallowed by the abyss,

Nor fall into the darkness.

(Soloists)

And let St. Michael, Thy standard-bearer,

Lead them into the holy light

(Choir)

Which once Thou didst promise to Abraham and his seed.

Hostias

Hostias et preces, tibi, Domine, laudis offerimus:

tu suscipe pro animabus illis,

quarum hodie memoriam facimus:

fac eas, Domine, de morte transire ad vitam,

quam olim Abrahae promisisti et semini eius.

We offer unto Thee this sacrifice of prayer and praise.

Receive it for those souls

Whom today we commemorate.

Allow them, O Lord, to cross from death into the life

Which once Thou didst promise to Abraham and his seed.

Sanctus

Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus,

Dominus Deus Sabaoth!

Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua.

Osanna in excelsis.

Holy, holy, holy,

Lord God Almighty!

Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory.

Hosanna in the highest.

Benedictus

(Soloists)

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.

(Choir)

Osanna in excelsis.

(Soloists)

Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.

(Choir)

Hosanna in the highest.

Agnus Dei

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,

dona eis requiem.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,

dona eis requiem.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,

dona eis requiem sempiternam.

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,

Grant them rest.

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,

Grant them rest.

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,

Grant them everlasting rest.

Communio

Lux Aeterna

(Contralto, then the Choir)

Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine,

cum sanctis tuis in aeternum,

quia pius es.

(Choir)

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,

et lux perpetua luceat eis,

cum sanctis tuis in aeternum,

quia pius es.

(Soprano, then the Choir)

May the eternal light shine on them, O Lord.

With Thy saints for ever,

Because Thou art merciful.

(Choir)

Grant them eternal rest, O Lord,

And may the perpetual light shine on them,

With Thy saints for ever,

Because Thou art merciful.