Notes
‘eh’ to rhyme with ‘net’ not ‘pay’ | ‘oh’ to rhyme with ‘hot’ not ‘cold’ | ‘s’ as in ‘soft’
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I. Introitus – Kyrie | |
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis. | Reh-kwee-em eh-tair-nahm doh-nah eh-ees doh-mee-neh: et loox peh-peh-too-ah loo-cheh-aht eh-ees. |
Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion, et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem. Exaudi orationem meam: ad te omnis caro veniet. | Te de-chet eem-noos de-oos een zee-on, eht tee-bee red-deh-toor voh-toom een yeh-roo-sar-lem. Eggs-ow-dee or-rats-ee-o-nem meh-am add tair om-nees car-ro ven-ee-et. |
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 |
II. Offertorium | |
O Domine Jesu Christe, Rex Gloriae, libera animas defunctorum de poenis inferni et de profundo lacu. | Oh do-mee-neh yeh-zoo kree-steh, rex glo-ree-eh, lee-beh-ra ah-nee-mahs deh-foonk-tor-room deh peh-nees een-fair-nee eht deh pro-foon-do lah-koo. |
O Domine Jesu Christe, Rex Gloriae, libera eas de ore leonis, ne absorbeat eas tartarus, ne cadant in obscurum. | Oh do-mee-neh yeh-zoo kree-steh, rex glo-ree-eh, lee-beh-rah ay-ars deh-foonk-tor-room deh or-reh lay-oh-nees, neh ab-zorb-ay-art ay-ars tar-tar-oos neh car-dant een ob-skoo-room. |
O Domine, Jesu Christe, Rex Gloriae ne cadant in obscurum. | Oh Do-mee-neh yeh-zoo kree-steh, rex glo-ree-eh, neh cah-dant een ob-skoo-room. |
Hostias et preces tibi Domine, laudis offerimus tu suscipe pro animabus illis quarum hodie memoriam facimus. | Ost-ee-ass eht preh-chehs-tee-bee, do-mee-neh, loud-ees off-eh-ree-moos too soo-shee-pay praw ah-nee-mah-boos ee-lees, kwah-room odd-ee-eh meh-maw-ree-am fa-chee-moos. |
Fac eas, Domine, de morte transire ad vitam Quam olim Abrahae promisisti et semini eus. | |
O Domine, Jesu Christe, Rex Gloriae libera animas defunctorum de poenis inferni et de profundo lacu ne cadant in obscurum. Amen. | Oh do-mee-neh yeh-zoo kree-steh, rex glo-ree-eh, lee-beh-ra ah-nee-mahs deh-foonk-tor-room deh peh-nees een-fair-nee eht deh pro-foon-do lar-koo neh car-dant een ob-skoo-room. Ah-men. |
III. Sanctus | |
Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth: pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis. | Sahnc-toos, sahnc-toos, sahnc-toos do-mee-noos deh-oos sah-bah-ot: pleh-nee soont cheh-lee eht teh-ra glo-ree-ah too-ah. Oh-zah-nah een ek-shell-sees. |
IV. Pie Jesu | |
Pie Jesu, Domine, dona eis requiem, dona eis requiem sempiternam requiem. | Pee-eh yeh-zoo, doh-mee-neh, doh-nah eh-ees reh-kwee-em, doh-nah eh-ees reh-kwee-em sem-pee-tair-nam reh-kwee-em. |
V. Agnus Dei | |
Ahn-yoos deh-ee, kwee toh-lees peh-kah-tah moon-dee, do-nah eh-ees reh-kwee-em. | |
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem sempiternam requiem . | Ahn-yoos deh-ee, kwee toh-lees peh-kah-tah moon-dee, do-nah eh-ees reh-kwee-em sem-pee-tair-nam reh-kwee-em. |
Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine Cum sanctis tuis in aeternum, quia pius es | Loox eh-tair-nah loo-cheh-aht, do-mee-neh, coom sahnc-tees too-ees een eh-tair-noom, kwee-ah pee-oos ehs. |
Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis | Reh-kwee-em eh-tair-nahm door-nar eh-ees, door-mee-neh, et loox peh-peh-too-ah loo-cheh-art eh-ees |
VI. Libera me | |
Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna, in die illa tremenda, Quando caeli movendi sunt et terra; Dum veneris iudicare saeculum per ignem. | Lee-beh-rah meh, do-mee-neh, deh mor-teh eh-tair-nah, een dee-eh ee-lah treh-men-dah Kwan-do cheh-lee mo-ven-dee soont eht tair-rah; Doom veh-neh-rees yoo-dee-car-eh seh-coo-loom pair een-yem. |
Tremens factus sum ego et timeo dum discussio venerit, atque ventura ira. | Treh-mens fahc-toos soom eh-go eht tee-meh-o doom dees-coos-see-o veh-neh-reet, aht-kweh ven-too-ra ee-rah. |
Dies illa, dies irae, calamitatis et miseriae, dies illa, dies magna et amara valde | Dee-ez eel-lah, dee-es ee-reh cah-lah-mee-tah-tees eht mee-zeh-reh-ree-eh, dee-ez eel-lah, dee-ez mahn-ya eht ah-mah-rah vahl-deh. |
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. | Reh-kwee-em eh-tair-nahm door-nar eh-ees door-mee-neh, et loox peh-peh-too-ah loo-cheh-art eh-ees. |
Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna, in die illa tremenda, Quando caeli movendi sunt et terra; Dum veneris iudicare saeculum per ignem. | Lee-beh-rah meh, do-mee-neh, deh mor-teh eh-tair-nah, een dee-eh ee-lah treh-men-dah: Kwan-do cheh-lee mo-ven-dee soont eht tair-rah; Doom veh-neh-rees yoo-dee-cah-reh seh-coo-loom pair een-yem. |
VII. In Paradisum | |
In paradisum deducant te Angeli, in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres, et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Jerusalem. | Een par-rah-dee-soom deh-doo-cant teh ahn-je-lee, in too-oh ahd-vehn-too soo-shee-pee-ant teh mar-tee-rez, eht pair-doo-cant teh een chee-vee-tah-tem sahnc-tam yeh-roo-sah-lem. |
Chorus Angelorum te suscipiat, et cum Lazaro quondam paupere, aeternam habeas requiem. | Cor-roos an-je-lor-room teh soo-shee-pee-at, eht coom lah-za-ro kwon-dam pow-pair-reh, eh-tair-nahm ha-beh-ars reh-kwee-em. |
Aeternam habeas requiem. | Eh-tair-nahm ha-beh-ars reh-kwee-em. |