1
Dies iræ ! dies illa
Solvet sæclum in favilla:
Teste David cum Sibylla !
Day of wrath! O day of mourning!
See fulfilled the prophets' warning,
Heaven and earth in ashes burning!
The day of wrath, that day
Will dissolve the world in ashes
As foretold by David and the sibyl!
2
Quantus tremor est futurus,
Quando iudex est venturus,
Cuncta stricte discussurus !
Oh, what fear man's bosom rendeth,
when from heaven the Judge descendeth,
on whose sentence all dependeth.
How much tremor there will be,
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