Catalan (Català) translation of Requiem aeternam

by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Requiem aeternam", op. 66 no. 1, published 1961 [ soprano, tenor, baritone, satb chorus, boys' chorus, orchestra, chamber orchestra, organ ], from War Requiem, no. 1

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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.

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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 now for them; no prayers nor 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 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 patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.

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  • by Wilfred Owen (1893 - 1918), "Anthem for Doomed Youth", first published 1917

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Note: in Britten's War Requiem, this is sung by the tenor.


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Κύριε ελέησον. 
Χριστε ελέησον. 
Κύριε ελέησον.

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Kyrie eleison
Christe eleison
Kyrie eleison.


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Author(s): Wilfred Owen (1893 - 1918), Bible or other Sacred Texts 
Doneu-los, Senyor, el repòs etern;
i que la llum perpètua els il·lumini.
Sou digne de lloança, Déu meu, a Sió;
sou digne que us complim les prometences a Jerusalem; 
escolteu la meva pregària, vós, 
a qui es presenten tots els vivents.
Doneu-los, Senyor, el repòs etern;
i que la llum perpètua els il·lumini.

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  • Translation from Latin to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2016 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Quines campanes de mort poden tocar per als que moren com el bestiar?
Només la ràbia monstruosa dels canons,
només el ràpid espetec dels fusells quequejants
poden silenciar llurs apressades pregàries.
Ara no s’escau fer cap paròdia per a ells; ni pregàries ni campanes,
ni cap veu de dol llevat dels cors, --
els folls, estridents cors de projectils udolants;
i les cornetes que els criden des de tristes contrades.

Quins ciris es poden portar per acomiadar-los a tots?
No a les mans dels joves nois, però a llurs ulls
ha de brillar el sagrat besllum dels adéus.
La pal•lidesa del rostre de les noies serà llur mortalla;
llurs flors, la tendresa dels esperits pacients,
i cada lent crepuscle, un tancament de gelosies.

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  • Translation from English to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2016 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Senyor, tingueu pietat. 
Crist, tingueu pietat.
Senyor, tingueu pietat.

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  • Translation from Greek (Ελληνικά) to Catalan (Català) by Salvador Pila

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Translation © by Salvador Pila