| Dies irae dies Illa (original) | Dies irae dies Illa (translation) |
|---|---|
| Dies irae dies illa | That day is a day of wrath |
| Solvet saeclum in favilla | Earth in ashes |
| Teste David cum Sibylla | As David and the Sibyl |
| Quantus tremor est futurus | How a tremor is |
| Quando iudex est venturus | When will the judge come |
| Cuncta stricte discussurus | Strictly |
| Tuba mirum spargens sonum | The shrill sound of the trumpet |
| Per sepulcra regionum | through the cemeteries |
| Coget omnes ante thronum | He will drive them all before the throne |
| Mors stupebit et natura | Death and nature will be stunned |
| Cum resurget creatura | When the creature rises |
| Iudicanti responsura | To answer to a judge |
| Liber scriptus proferetur | A written book will be produced |
| In quo totum continetur | In which all is contained |
| Unde mundus iudicetur | Whence the world will be judged |
