Dies Irae Lyrics
Dies iræ, dies illa
Solvet sæclum in favilla
Teste David cum Sibylla
Quantus tremor est futurus
Quando Judex est venturus
Cuncta stricte discussurus!
Tuba mirum spargens sonum
Per sepulchra 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?
Solvet sæclum in favilla
Teste David cum Sibylla
Quantus tremor est futurus
Quando Judex est venturus
Cuncta stricte discussurus!
Tuba mirum spargens sonum
Per sepulchra 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 tremendæ majestatis
Qui salvandos salvas gratis
Salva me, fons pietatis
Recordare, Jesu pie
Quod sum causa tuæ viæ:
Ne me perdas illa die
Quærens 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 meæ non sunt dignæ;
Sed tu bonus fac benigne
Ne perenni cremer igne
Qui salvandos salvas gratis
Salva me, fons pietatis
Recordare, Jesu pie
Quod sum causa tuæ viæ:
Ne me perdas illa die
Quærens 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 meæ non sunt dignæ;
Sed tu bonus fac benigne
Ne perenni cremer igne
Inter oves locum præsta
Et ab hædis 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
Et ab hædis 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
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Genius Annotation
This chant dates back at least to the 13th century and may be even older. The title refers to Judgment Day (literally “Day of Wrath”). It is best known as a section of the traditional Latin requiem mass, but it has been quoted many times by more recent composers.
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Songs That Sample Dies Irae
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Alone by Gavaroc (Ft. Gavaroc, MJ Chestang & Ren Alberg), Dies irae by Игорь Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky), Country Lane by Wendy Carlos, Battle Royale by Apashe (Ft. Panther), This Is My House by Nathaniel Blume, Show Yourself by Idina Menzel & Evan Rachel Wood, Wash Us in the Blood by Kanye West (Ft. Travis Scott), Verdi: Requiem, Dies Irae (Live at Hong Kong Cultural Centre 2015) by 王菀之 (Ivana Wong), Lacrimosa by Bonelang, Into the Unknown (Panic! at the Disco Version) by Panic! at the Disco, Into the Unknown by Idina Menzel & AURORA, Dies Irae by Tommaso da Celano, Dies Irae / Violet (Incorporating The Shining Main Title) by The Newton Brothers, The Overlook by The Newton Brothers, The Bells of Notre Dame by Alan Menken (Ft. Jeremy Stolle, Patrick Page & William Michals), Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age by Gustav Holst, Red Cape Tango by Michael Daugherty, Songe D'une Nuit De Sabbat (Dreams of a Witches' Sabbath) by Hector Berlioz, Songe d'une nuit du sabbat by Hector Berlioz, Prelude: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: “Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd” by Original Broadway Cast of Sweeney Todd (Ft. Angela Lansbury & Len Cariou), Totentanz by Franz Liszt & Rhapsodie Macabre by Graham Waterhouse
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