Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 - Requiem aeternam, artist - The Bach Choir. Album song Britten: War Requiem, in the genre Шедевры мировой классики
Date of issue: 30.04.1963
Record label: Decca
Song language: English
Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 - Requiem aeternam |
Chorus: |
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine; |
et lux perpetua luceat eis. |
Boys: |
Te decet hymnus, Deus in Sion: |
et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem; |
exaudi orationem meam, |
ad te omnis caro veniet. |
Chorus: |
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine; |
et lux perpetua luceat eis. |
Tenor: |
What passing bells for these who die as cattle? |
Only the monstrous anger of the guns. |
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle |
Can patter out their hasty orisons |
No mockeries for them from prayers or bells, |
Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs, -- |
The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells; |
And bugles calling for them from sad shires. |
What candles may be held to speed them at all? |
Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes |
Shall shine the holy glimmers of good-byes. |
The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall; |
Their flowers the tenderness of silent minds, |
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds. |
Chorus: |
Kyrie eleison |
Christe eleison |
Kyrie eleison |