Lyrics of Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K.626 - Dies Irae - Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir, The Academy Of Ancient Music Chorus, Academy Of Ancient Music

Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K.626 - Dies Irae (original)

Dies irae, dies illa
solvet saeclum in favilla
teste David cum Sibylla
Quantus tremor est futurus
quando judex est venturus
cuncta stricte discussurus
Tuba mirum spargens sonum
Per sepulcra regionum,
Coget omnes ante thronum.
Mors stupebit et natura
Cum resurget creatura
judicanti responsura
Liber scriptus proferetur
in quo totum continetur
unde mundus judicetur
Judex ergo cum sedebit
quidquid latet apparebit
nil inultum remanebit
Quid sum miser tunc dicturus
quem patronum rogaturus
cum vix justus sit securus?
Rex tremendae majestatis,
qui salvandos salvas gratis,
salva me, fons pietatis.
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.
Confutatis maledictis
flammis acribus addictis,
voca me cum benedictis.
Oro supplex et acclinis
cor contritum quasi cinis,
gere curam mei finis.
Lacrimosa dies illa
qua resurget ex favilla
judicandus homo reus.
Huic ergo parce, Deus,
pie Jesu Domine,
dona eis requiem.
Amen.

(translation)

That day is a day of wrath
Earth in ashes
by the testimony of David and the Sibyl
How a tremor is
when will the judge come
all briskly
The shrill sound of the trumpet
through the cemeteries
He will drive them all before the throne.
Death and nature will be stunned
When the creature rises
to answer to the one who judges
A written book will be produced
in which the whole is contained
whence the world will be judged
Then the judge shall sit
whatever lies hidden will appear
Nothing will remain unavenged
What I then say
whom the patron is going to ask
when the righteous is scarcely safe?
King of tremendous majesty,
save those who save freely
save me, fount of pity.
Remember, Merciful Jesus
that I am the cause of your journey
don't lose me that day.
You worked for me, you were tired;
redeemed me by suffering on the cross.
Let not such work be in vain.
Righteous Judge of revenge
make the gift of forgiveness
before the date of the account.
I sigh like a guilty
owning my face.
spare the supplicant, O God.
You absolved Mary
and you heard the robber
You have given me hope too.
My prayers are not worthy
but you, you freeman, treat me kindly
eternal fire.
Place among the sheep
and set apart me
placing in the right hand.
Doomed
searing flames
call me blessed.
I pray humbly and on my knees
broken heart like ashes
take care of my end.
Lacrimosa
rises from the ashes
to be judged.
Spare him then, O God
O,
Grant them eternal rest.
Amen.