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Christian hymn used in music for Requiem

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

The Lacrimosa (Latin for "weeping/tearful"), is part of the Dies Irae sequence in the Catholic Requiem Mass. Its text comes from the Latin 18th and 19th stanzas of the sequence.[1] Many composers, including Mozart, Berlioz, and Verdi have set the text as a discrete movement of the Requiem.

Latin	English
Lacrimosa dies illaQua resurget ex favillaJudicandus homo reus.Huic ergo parce, Deus:Pie Jesu Domine,Dona eis requiem. Amen.	Full of tears will be that dayWhen from the ashes shall arise The guilty man to be judged;Therefore spare him, O God,Merciful Lord Jesus,Grant them eternal rest. Amen.