When A Child Is A Witness; requiem for refugees

Song Cycle by Liz Dilnot Johnson (b. 1964)

Publisher: Composers Edition (external link)

1. Prelude
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
O when a child is a witness to these things…

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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

1b. Requiem Aeternam  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Latin 
Requiem aeternam dona [ei]1, [Domine]2, 
et lux perpetua luceat [ei]1 3
Te decet Hymnum, Deus in Sion: 
et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem: 
Exaudi orationem meam, 
ad te omnis caro veniet. 
Requiem aeternam: dona [ei]1, 
Domine, et lux perpetua luceat [ei]1.

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Geef hun eeuwige rust (Requiem aeternam)"
  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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1 Britten, Howells, Norby, Rutter, Rihm, Weiland: "eis"
2 omitted by Howells.
3 Rossini adds "Requiescant in pace. Amen."

Text as set by Britten: 

Chorus
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine:
et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Boys' Chorus
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.


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor] , Salvador Pila [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 60