Lacrimosa (Requiem)

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

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.

This article is about the Christian hymn. For other referents of the term, see Lacrimosa (disambiguation).

See also

• Dies irae
• Requiem (Berlioz)
• Requiem (Dvořák)
• Requiem (Mozart)
• Requiem (Verdi)