Requiem

et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion,

et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem.

Exaudi orationem meam,

ad te omnis care veniet.

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,

et lux perpetua luceat eis.

and let perpetual light shine on them.

You are praised, God, in Zion,

and homage will be paid to You in Jerusalem.

Hear my prayer,

to You all flesh will come.

Grant them eternal rest, Lord,

and let perpetual light shine on them.

Christe, eleison.

Kyrie, eleison.

Christ, have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy on us.

Solvet saeclum in favilla,

teste David cum Sibylla.

Quantus tremor est futurus,

quando judex est venturus,

cuncta stricte discussurus!

will dissolve the world in ashes,

as foretold by David and the Sibyl.

Great trembling there will be

when the Judge descends from heaven

to examine all things closely.

per sepulcra regionum,

coget omnes ante thronum. 

throughout earth’s sepulchres

and gather all before the throne. 

cum resurget creatura,

judicanti responsura.

Liber scriptus proferetur,

in quo totum continetur,

unde mundus judicetur. 

when all creation rises again,

to answer the judgement.

A book will be brought forth,

in which all will be written,

by which the world will be judged. 

quidquid latet, apparebit,

nil inultum remanebit. 

what is hidden will be revealed,

nothing will remain unavenged.

quem patronum rogaturus,

cum vix justus sit securus? 

Who shall intercede for me,

when the just ones need mercy?

qui salvandos savas gratis,

salve me, fons pietatis. 

who freely saves those worthy ones,

save me, source of mercy.

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, tamquam 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. 

my salvation caused your suffering;

do not forsake me on that day. 

Faint and weary you have sought me,

redeemed me, suffering on the cross;

may such great effort not be in vain.

Righteous judge of vengeance,

grant me the gift of absolution

before the day of retribution. 

I moan as one who is guilty:

owning my shame with a red face;

suppliant before you, Lord.

You, who absolved Mary,

and listened to the thief,

give me hope also.

My prayers are unworthy,

but, good Lord, have mercy,

and rescue me from eternal fire.

Provide me a place among the sheep,

and separate me from the goats,

guiding me to Your right hand.

flammis acribus addictis,

voca me cum benedictus.

Oro supplex et acclinis,

cor contritum quasi cinis,

gere curam mei finis. 

and doomed to flames of woe,

call me among the blessed. 

I kneel with submissive heart,

my contrition is like ashes,

help me in my final condition.

qua resurget ex favilla

judicandus homo reus.

Huic ergo parce, Deus,

pie Jesu Domine,

dona eis requiem. Amen. 

when from the ashes shall arise,

all humanity to be judged.

Spare us by your mercy, Lord,

gentle Lord Jesus,

grant them eternal rest. Amen.

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. 

Sed signifer sanctus Michael

repraesentet eas in lucem sanctam.

Quam olim Abrahae promisisti

et semini ejus. 

liberate the souls of the faithful,

departed from the pains of hell

and from the bottomless pit.

Deliver them from the lion’s mouth,

lest hell swallow them up,

lest they fall into darkness. 

Let the standard-bearer, holy Michael,

bring them into holy light.

Which was promised to Abraham

and his descendants.

laudis offerimus.

Tu sucipe pro animabus illis,

quaram hodie memoriam facimus.

Fac eas, Domine,

de morte transire ad vitam,

Quam olim Abrahae promisisti

et semini ejus. 

we offer to You.

Receive them in behalf of those souls

we commemorate today.

And let them, Lord,

pass from death to life,

which was promised to Abraham

and his descendants.

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 takes away

the sins of the world,

grant them eternal rest.

Lamb of God, who takes away

the sins of the world,

Grant them eternal rest.

Lamb of God, who takes away

the sins of the world,

grant them eternal rest forever.

cum sanctis tuis in aeternum,

quia pius es.

Requiem aeternum dona eis, Domine,

et Lux perpetua luceat eis,

cum Sanctus tuis in aeternum,

quia pius es. 

as with Your saints in eternity,

because You are merciful.

Grant them eternal rest, Lord,

and let perpetual light shine on them,

as with Your saints in eternity,

because You are merciful.