Tuba mirum

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Tuba Mirum is a section for baritone of Mozart's Requiem, No. 2 of the Sequenz portion, following Dies Irae and preceding Rex Tremendae. It is distinguished from the others in its use of the French horn. See the article Dies Irae for more information.

The text:

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?

Which is translated (paraphrased, in the case of the first two verses):

The trumpet casts a wondrous sound,

Through the tombs of all around,

Making them the throne surround.

Death is struck and nature quaking,

All creation is awaking,

To its Judge an answer making.

The written book shall be brought forth,

In which is contained all

From which the world is to be judged.

So when the Judge shall sit,

Whatever is hidden shall be seen,

Nothing shall remain unpunished.

What am I, wretched one, to say?

What protector implore,

When a just person will scarcely be confident?