Dies Irae
- excerpt from A New Book of Old Hymns (pdf)
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- Crossword Puzzle (pdf) plus a shorter web Online Crossword Puzzle (html)
- Quizlet set (external link)
Dies iræ, dies illa,
Dies iræ, dies illa,
Day {of wrath} day that
Day of wrath, day of mourning
Solvet sæclum in favilla:
Solvet sæclum in favilla:
Dissolves ages in ashes
Heaven and earth in ashes burning
Teste David cum Sibylla.
Teste David cum Sibylla.
Testifies David with {the Sybil}
See fulfilled the prophet's warning
There are so many translations of this one hymn - literally hundreds in English alone. For the hymnbook I went with Fr J Aylward and William Wingfield. Above I attempted the W J Irons translation from memory, which features two syllable rhymes as in the Latin.