Soprano:
Behind me – dips Eternity –
Before Me – Immortality
Myself – the Term between –
Death but the Drift of Eastern Gray,
Dissolving into Dawn away,
Before the West begin –
Chorus
Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna, Deliver me, Lord, from death eternal,
in die illa tremenda: On that dreadful day:
Quando coeli movendi sunt et terra: when the heavens and the earth shall quake,
Dum veneris judicare when thou shalt come
saeculum per ignem. to judge the world by fire.
Sorpano:
‘Tis Kingdoms – afterward – they say –
In perfect – pauseless Monarchy –
Whose Prince – is Son of None –
Himself – His Dateless Dynasty –
Himself – Himself diversify –
In Duplicate divine –
Chorus:
Tremens factus sum ego, et timeo I am seized by trembling, and I fear
dum discussio venerit, until the judgment should come,
atque ventura ira. and I also dread the coming wrath.
Soprano:
‘Tis Miracle before Me – then –
‘Tis Miracle behind – between –
A Crescent in the Sea –
With midnight to the North of Her –
And Midnight to the South of Her –
And Maelstrom – in the sky
Chorus:
Dies illa, dies irae On that day, day of wrath
Calamitatis et miseriae day of calamity and misery
Dies magna et amara valde, momentous day, and exceedingly bitter
Dum veneris judicare when thou shalt come
Saeculum per ignem. To judge the world by fire.
Requiem aeternam dona eis, domine: Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord
et lux perpetua luceat eis. and let perpetual light shine on them.
Here is a link to a recording.
Here is the next movement, I shall keep singing!