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Dies irae
 (Sung text for setting by G. Verdi)
 Matches base text
Language: Latin 
Our translations:  CAT ENG
Dies irae, dies illa
solvet saeclum in favilla:
teste David cum Sibylla.
 
Quantus tremor est futurus,
quando judex est venturus,
cuncta stricte discussurus!
 
Tuba mirum spargens sonum
per sepulcra regionum,
coget omnes ante thronum.
 
Mors stupebit et natura,
cum resurget creatura,
judicanti responsura.
 
Liber scriptus proferetur,
in quo totum continetur,
unde mundus judicetur.
 
Judex ergo cum sedebit,
quidquid latet apparebit:
nil inultum remanebit.
 
Quid sum miser tunc dicturus?
Quem patronum rogaturus,
cum vix justus sit securus?
 
Rex tremendae majestatis,
qui salvandos salvas gratis,
salva me fons pietatis.
 
Recordare, Jesu pie,
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.
 
Confutatis maledictis,
flammis acribus addictis:
voca me cum benedictis.
 
Oro supplex et acclinis,
cor contritum quasi cinis:
gere curam mei finis.
 
Lacrimosa dies illa,
qua resurget ex favilla
judicandus homo reus.
 
Huic ergo parce, Deus:
pie Jesu Domine,
dona eis requiem. Amen.

Composition:

    Set to music by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901), "Dies irae", first performed 1874 [ soli, chorus, orchestra ], in Messa da Requiem

Text Authorship:

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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) [singable] (Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle) , "Kwade dag (Dies irae)", appears in Kerkhof-blommen, first published 1858
  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Miguel Antonio Caro) , "Dies irae de Tomás de Celano", appears in Traducciones poéticas, Bogotá, Librería Americana, calle XIV, n. 77, 79, first published 1889


Researcher for this page: Lau Kanen [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2014-06-22
Line count: 57
Word count: 210

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