Latin and English Lyrics:
[Verse I]
Latin:
Tuba sonat, terra scinditur,
Caelum flet, astra volvuntur.
Mortui surgunt, nox descendit,
Ad thronum magnum omnis tendit.
English:
The trumpet sounds, the earth is torn,
The heavens weep, the stars revolve.
The dead rise, the night descends,
To the great throne, all tend.
[Verse II]
Latin:
Mare ardet, montes cadunt,
Lupi rident, mortui stant.
Liber panditur, scelus scribitur,
Nulla venia, nil solvitur.
English:
The sea burns, the mountains fall,
The wolves laugh, the dead stand.
The book is opened, the sin is written,
No mercy, nothing is forgiven.
[Chorus]
Latin:
Dies irae, dies nox,
Flamma surgit, sanguis fluit.
Caelum clamat, gladius fulget,
Sancti regnant, damnati urunt.
English:
Day of wrath, day of night,
Flames rise, blood flows.
The heavens cry, the sword shines,
The saints reign, the damned burn.
[Verse III]
Latin:
Angeli plorant, daemones clamant,
Luna obscura, sol iam cadit.
Ecce Rex in veste clara,
Gladium tenet noctis aeternae.
English:
The angels weep, the demons cry,
The moon is dark, the sun now falls.
Behold the King in shining garments,
He holds the sword of eternal night.
[Transition]
Latin:
Miserere! Miserere!
Serum est orare, serum est fugere.
Iudicium venit, finis adest,
Nemo latet, nemo salvus est.
English:
Have mercy! Have mercy!
It is too late to pray, too late to flee.
Judgment comes, the end is near,
No one hides, no one is saved.