Rex tremendae majestatis,
qui salvandos salvas gratis,
salva me fons pietatis.

Ingemisco, tamquam reus:
culpa rubet vultus meus:
supplicanti parce, Deus.

Dies irae, dies illa
solvet saeclum in favilla:
teste David cum Sibylla.

O king of dreadful majesty,
Who grantest grace and mercy free,
Grant mercy now and grace to me.

I groan beneath the guilt which thou
canst read upon my blushing brow,
But spare O God thye suppliant now.

That day of wrath and grief and shame
Shall fold the world in sheeted flame,
As david's psalm and sibyl's songs proclaim