Lacrimosa (Requiem)
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The Lacrymosa is part of the Dies Irae sequence in the Requiem mass. Its text comes from the 18th and 19th stanzas of the sequence. Many composers, including Mozart and Berlioz, have set the text as a discrete movement of the Requiem.
[edit] Text
- Lacrymosa dies illa
- Qua resurget ex favilla
- Judicandus homo reus.
- Huic ergo parce, Deus:
- Pie Jesu Domine,
- Dona eis requiem. Amen.
[edit] Literal translation
- Tearful that day,
- on which will rise from ashes
- guilty man for judgment.
- So have mercy, O God, on this person.
- Compassionate Lord Jesus,
- grant them rest. Amen.
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