Dies Irae
A day of wrath: that day,
It will dissolve the world into glowing ashes,
As attested by David together with Sibyl.
What trembling there will be
When the Judge shall come
To examine everything in strict justice!
The trumpet's wonderous call sounding abroad
In tombs throughout the world
Shall drive everybody forward to the throne.
Death and nature shall stand amazed
When creation rises again
To give answer to its Judge.
A written book shall be brought forth
In which everything is contained
>From which the world shall be judged.
So when the Judge is seated,
Whatever is hidden will be made known:
Nothing shall go unpunished.
Death and nature shall stand amazed
When creation rises again
To give answer to its Judge.
What shall I, wretch, say at that time?
What advocate shall I entreat
When scarcely the righteous shall be safe from damnation?
King of awesome majesty,
Who, to those who are to be saved, givest the grace of salvation.
Save me, O font of Pity.
Recall, dear Jesus
That I am the reason for Thy journey:
Do not cast me away on that day.
Seeking me, Thou didst sit down weary,
Thou didst redeem me, suffering death on the Cross:
Let not such toil have been in vain.
Just Judge of vengeance,
Grant me the gift of pardon
Before the day of reckoning.
I groan like one condemned:
My face blushes for my sins:
Spare a suppliant, O God.
Thou who didst absolve Mary
And heard the robber,
Hast given me hope as well.
My prayers are not worthy:
But Thou, of Thy goodness, deal generously,
That I burn not in the everlasting fire.
Give me a place among the sheep,
And separate me from the goats,
Setting me on Thy right hand.
That day will be one of weeping
On which shall rise again from the embers
The guilty man to be judged.
When the accursed shall be confounded
And sentenced to acrid flames,
Call me along with the blessed.
That day will be one of weeping
On which shall rise again from the embers
The guilty man to be judged.
Therefore spare him, O God.
Merciful Lord Jesus,
Grant them rest. Amen.
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