Notes
‘eh’ to rhyme with ‘net’ not ‘pay’ | ‘oh’ to rhyme with ‘hot’ not ‘cold’ | ‘s’ as in ‘soft’
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Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis | Reh-kwee-em eh-tair-nahm doh-nah eh-ees, do-mee-neh: et loox peh-peh-too-ah loo-cheh-aht eh-ees. |
Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison. | Kee-ree-eh eh-lay-ee-son. Kree-steh eh-lay-ee-son. Kee-ree-eh eh-lay-ee-son. |
Dies irae, dies illa, solvet saeclum in favilla, Teste David cum Sibylla. | Dee-es ee-rah-eh, dee-es eel-lah, sol-vet seh-kloom een fah-veel-lah, Tess-teh Dah-veed koom See-beel-lah. |
Tuba mirum spargens sonum, per sepulchra regionum, Coget omnes ante thronum. | Too-bah mee-room spar-jens soh-noom, pair seh-pool-krah reh-gee-oh-noom, Koh-jet om-nehs ahn-teh troh-noom. |
Lacrimosa dies illa, qua resurget ex favilla, Judicandus homo reus. | Lah-kree-mo-sah dee-es eel-lah, kwah reh-soor-jet ex fah-veel-lah, Yoo-dee-cahn-doos hoh-mo reh-oos. |
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth. | Sahnc-toos, sahnc-toos, sahnc-toos do-mee-noos deh-oos sah-bah-oht. |
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem. | Ahn-yoos deh-ee, kwee toh-lees peh-kah-tah moon-dee, doh-nah eh-ees reh-kwee-em. |