Zabriskie Requiem : 03 – Dies Irae

03 – Dies Irae from David A. Zabriskie’s “Requiem”.   This piece is composed for  SATB choir.

3 – Dies Irae

Traditional Latin Requiem Text

Dies irae, dies illa                  This day, this day of wrath

Solvet saeclum in favilla.     shall consume the world in ashes.

What trembling there will be

When the judge shall come

to weigh everything strictly!

When the judge takes his seat

all that is hidden shall appear

Nothing will remain unavenged

What shall I, a wretch say then?

To which protector shall I appeal

When even the just man is barely safe?

King of awful majesty

You freely save those worthy of salvation

Save me, fount of pity.

Remember, gentle Jesus

that I am the reason for your time on earth,

do not cast me out on that day.

I groan as one guilty,

My face blushes with guilt

spare the suppliant, O God.

When the damned are confounded

and consigned to keen flames,

call me with the blessed.

O God,

merciful Lord Jesus:

Give them rest.