Dies Irae

Dies Iræ ('Day of Wrath') is a famous Latin hymn written by Thomas of Celano. It is often judged to be the best medieval Latin poem, differing from classical Latin by its accentual (non-quantitative) stress, and its rhymed lines. The meter is trochaic. The poem describes the day of judgment, the last trumpet summoning souls before the throne of God, where the good will be delivered and the evil will be cast into eternal flames.

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Latin - Hymn - Thomas of Celano - Medieval Latin - Trochaic - Day of judgment - Trumpet - God

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It is used in the Sequentia of the Requiem mass. For a literal word-for-word translation, see Dies Irae Word By Word.

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Sequentia - Requiem - Dies Irae Word By Word

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