Into paradise, may the angels lead you

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by Bible or other Sacred Texts

Translation © by Valerie Luxieo

In paradisum deducant te angeli

Language: Latin

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG

In paradisum deducant te angeli,
in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres,
[et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Ierusalem]¹.
Chorus angelorum te suscipiat,
et cum Lazaro quondam paupere aeternam habeas requiem.²

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• B. Britten • G. Grigorjeva • J. Wallach

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¹ omitted by Wallach.
² Britten adds

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine:
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Requiescant in pace. 
Amen.

Text Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, antiphon from the traditional Latin liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church Requiem Mass [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Galina Grigorjeva (b. 1962), "In paradisum", 2012 [ men's chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Joelle Wallach (b. 1946), no title, from Mourning Madrigals, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Libera me", op. 66 no. 6, published 1961 [ soprano, tenor, baritone, satb chorus, boys' chorus, orchestra, chamber orchestra, organ ], from War Requiem, no. 6
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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) , "Naar het paradijs", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Valerie Luxieo) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 5
Word count: 33

Into paradise, may the angels lead you

Language: English after the Latin

Into paradise, may the angels lead you,
upon your arrival, may the martyrs acknowledge you,
[and may they lead you into the holy city of Jerusalem].
May the chorus of angels receive you,
and with Lazarus, who was once poor, may you have eternal rest.

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a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, antiphon from the traditional Latin liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church Requiem Mass
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This text was added to the website: 2026-06-03
Line count: 5
Word count: 45