Lacrimosa dies illa,
qua resurget ex favilla
iudicandus homo reus:
huic ergo parce, Deus.
"That sorrowful day,
on which will arise from the burning coals
Man accused to be judged:
therefore, O God, do Thou spare him."
Quid sum miser tunc dicturus,
quem patronum rogaturus,
cum vix iustus sit securus?
"What am I the wretch then to say?
what patron I to beseech?
when scarecly the just (man) be secure."