Lacrimosa

Christian hymn used in music for Requiem

The Lacrimosa (Latin for "weeping/tearful"), also a name that derives from Our Lady of Sorrows,^{[citation needed]} a title given to The Virgin Mary, is part of the Dies Irae sequence in the Requiem Mass. Its text comes from the Latin 18th and 19th stanzas of the sequence.^[1] Many composers, including Mozart, Berlioz, and Verdi have set the text as a discrete movement of the Requiem.

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Lacrimosa dies illa
Qua resurget ex favilla
Judicandus homo reus.
Huic ergo parce, Deus:
Pie Jesu Domine,
Dona eis requiem. Amen.

Full of tears will be that day
When from the ashes shall arise
The guilty man to be judged;
Therefore spare him, O God,
Merciful Lord Jesus,
Grant them eternal rest. Amen.