(Bass)
Tuba mirum spargens sonum
Per sepulcra regionum
Coget omnes ante thronum.
(Tenor)
Mors stupebit et natura
c** resurget creatura
Judicanti responsura.
Liber scriptus proferetur
In quo totum continetur,
Unde mundus judicetur.
(Contralto)
Judex ergo c** sedebit
Quidquid latet apparebit,
Nil inultum remanebit.
(Soprano)
Quid sum miser tunc dicturus,
Quem patronum rogaturus,
c** vix justus sit securus?
(All Soloists)
c** vix justus sit securus?
[TRAD.]
(Bass)
A trumpet, spreading a wondrous sound
Through the graves of all lands,
Will drive mankind before the throne.
(Tenor)
Death and nature shall be astonished
When all creation rises again
To answer to the Judge.
A book, written in, will be brought forth
In which everything is contained,
According to which the world will be judged.
(Contralto)
When therefore the Judge takes His seat
Whatever is hidden will reveal itself.
Nothing will remain unavenged.
(Soprano)
What then shall I say, wretch that I am?,
What advocate entreat to speak for me,
When even the righteous may hardly be secure?
(All Soloists)
When even the righteous may hardly be secure?
Español~~
La trompeta, esparciendo un asombroso sonido
por los sepulcros de las regiones
reunirá a todos ante el trono.
La naturaleza y la muerte se asombrarán
cuando resuciten las criaturas
para responder ante el Juez.
Y por aquel profético libro
en que todo está contenido
el mundo será juzgado.
El Juez, pues, cuando se siente
todo lo oculto saldrá a la luz,
nada quedará impune.
¿Qué podré decir yo, desdichado?
¿A qué abogado invocaré,
cuando ni los justos están seguros?
Tuba mirum spargens sonum
Per sepulcra regionum
Coget omnes ante thronum.
(Tenor)
Mors stupebit et natura
c** resurget creatura
Judicanti responsura.
Liber scriptus proferetur
In quo totum continetur,
Unde mundus judicetur.
(Contralto)
Judex ergo c** sedebit
Quidquid latet apparebit,
Nil inultum remanebit.
(Soprano)
Quid sum miser tunc dicturus,
Quem patronum rogaturus,
c** vix justus sit securus?
(All Soloists)
c** vix justus sit securus?
[TRAD.]
(Bass)
A trumpet, spreading a wondrous sound
Through the graves of all lands,
Will drive mankind before the throne.
(Tenor)
Death and nature shall be astonished
When all creation rises again
To answer to the Judge.
A book, written in, will be brought forth
In which everything is contained,
According to which the world will be judged.
(Contralto)
When therefore the Judge takes His seat
Whatever is hidden will reveal itself.
Nothing will remain unavenged.
(Soprano)
What then shall I say, wretch that I am?,
What advocate entreat to speak for me,
When even the righteous may hardly be secure?
(All Soloists)
When even the righteous may hardly be secure?
Español~~
La trompeta, esparciendo un asombroso sonido
por los sepulcros de las regiones
reunirá a todos ante el trono.
La naturaleza y la muerte se asombrarán
cuando resuciten las criaturas
para responder ante el Juez.
Y por aquel profético libro
en que todo está contenido
el mundo será juzgado.
El Juez, pues, cuando se siente
todo lo oculto saldrá a la luz,
nada quedará impune.
¿Qué podré decir yo, desdichado?
¿A qué abogado invocaré,
cuando ni los justos están seguros?