Requiem: VIII. Libera Me

Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna

in die illa tremenda,

quando coeli movendi sunt et terra,

dum veneris judicare saeculum per ignem.

Tremens factus sum ego et timeo,

dum discussion venerit atque ventura ira. Dies illa, dies iræ, calamitatis et miseriæ, dies magna et amara valde

dum veneris iudicare sæculum per ignem.

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Save me, gracious Lord, from death eternal

on that day of judgement,

when the heavens and earth shall tremble, when you shall come to judge the world by fire.

I am filled with fear and trembling,

as the coming Judgement fills me with dread.

On that day of wrath and judgement, calamity and misery, the great day of bitterness and sadness

when you come to judge the world with fire.

Grant them your eternal rest, O Lord,

and may your light shine forever upon them.