Requiem For The Living

TEXTS

INTROIT – YIZKOR – KYRIE

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine,

Et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Te decet hymnus, Deus in Sion;

God, remember the souls of our beloved who have been called to their eternal home. In

their memory we offer charity. May their souls be bound up in the bond of life with

the souls of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Rebeccah, Rachel, Leah, and all the other

righteous souls in eternal bliss, Amen.

Et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem;

Exaudi orationem meam, ad te omnis caro veniet.

Kyrie eleison,

Christe eleison,

Kyrie eleison.

DIES IRAE – NIGHT OF POWER – REX TREMENDAE

Dies irae, dies illa,

Solvet saeclum in favilla,

Teste David cum Sibylla.

Quantus tremor est futurus,

Quando Judex est venturus,

Cuncta stricte discussurus!

Tuba mirum spargens sonum

Per sepulchra regionem

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?

(In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful)

Indeed, be they Muslims,

Jews, Sabians, or Christians,

Those who believe in God and the final day

And who do good have nothing to fear,

And they will not grieve.

Rex tremendae majestatis,

Qui salvandos salvas gratis,

Salva me, fons pietatus.

Recordare Jesu pie,

Quod sum causa tuae viae:

Ne me perdas illa die.

OFFERTORIUM – BUDDHA – CANZONAS

Domine Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae, libera animas omnium fidelium

(The thought manifests as the word;)

Defunctorum de poenis inferni, et de profondo lacu:

(The word manifests as the deed;)

Libera eas de ore leonis, ne absorbeat eas tartarus, ne cadant in obscurum.

(The deed develops into habit;)

Sed signifer sanctus Michael repraesentet eas in lucem sanctam:

(And habit hardens into character.)

Quam olim Abrahae promisisti, et semini ejus.

Hostias e preces tibi Domine laudus offerimus:

(So watch the thought and its ways with care,

And let it spring from love

Born out of concern for all beings.)

Tu suscipe pro animabus illis, quarum hodie memoriam facimus:

Fac eas, Domine, de morte transire ad vitam.

SANCTUS – ELLINGTON – BENEDICTUS – HOSANNA

Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus,

Dominus Deus Saboath.

Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua.

Hosanna in excelsis.

Every man prays in his own language,

And there is no language that

God does not understand.

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.

And there is no language that

God does not understand.

Hosanna in excelsis.

GEORGE ELIOT – AGNUS DEI

May I reach

That purest heaven, be to other souls

The cup of strength in some great agony,

Enkindle generous ardour, feed pure love,

Be the sweet presence of a good diffused,

And in diffusion ever more intense!

So shall I join the choir invisible

Whose music is the gladness of the world.

Agnus dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,

Dona eis requiem.

Agnus dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,

Dona eis requiem.

Agnus dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,

Dona eis requiem sempiternam.

Dona nobis pacem.

LUX AETERNA – MOHAMMAD

Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine:

O God, give me, I pray Thee,

Light on my right hand

And light on my left hand

And light above me

And light beneath me,

O Lord, increase light within me

And give me light

And illuminate me.

Cum sanctis tuis in aeternum:

Quia pius es.

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,

Et lux perpetua luceat eis.

GOSPEL – SPIRITUAL – LIBERA ME

Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna, in die illa tremenda:

Precious Lord, take my hand.

Lead me on. Let me stand.

I am tired. I am weak. I am worn.

Through the storm,

Through the night,

Lead me on to the light.

Take my hand, precious Lord,

And lead me home.

Quando coeli movendi sunt et terra: Dum veneris judicare saeculum per ignem.

Tremens factus sum ego, et timeo, dum discussio venerit, atque ventura ira.

Quando coeli movendi sunt et terra.

Dies illa, dies irae, calamitatis et miseriae,

Dies magna et amara valde.

Libera me, Domine.

FANFARE – IN PARADISUM

In paradisum deducant te Angeli:

In tuo adventu suscipiant te Martyres,

Et perducant te in civitatem sanctam

Jerusalem.

Chorus Angelorum te suscipiat,

Et cum Lazaro quondam paupere

Aeternam habeas requiem.

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine;

Et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Requiescant in pace.

Amen.

Quarens me, sedisti lassus:

Redemisti crucem passus:

Tantus labor non sit cassus.

Ingemisco, tamquam reus:

Culpa rubet vultus meus:

Supplicanti parce Deus.

Qui Mariam absolvisti,

Et latronem exaudisti,

Mihi quoque spem dedisti.

Inter oves locum praesta,

Et ab haedis 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.

Dies irae, dies illa,

Solvet saeclum in favilla,

Teste David cum Sibylla.

Quantus tremor est futurus,

Quando Judex est venturus,

Cuncta stricte discussurus!

Lacrimosa dies illa,

Qua resurget ex favilla,

Judicandus homo reus,

Huic ergo parce Deus.

Pie Jesu Domine,

Dona eis requiem.