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Juste judex ultionis,
Donum fac remissionis
Ante diem rationis.
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Righteous Judge of retribution,
Grant Thy gift of absolution
Ere that reck'ning Day's conclusion.
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Ingemisco, tanquam reus:
Culpa rubet vultus meus:
Supplicanti parce, Deus.
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Guilty, now I pour my moaning,
All my shame with anguish owning;
Spare, O God, Thy suppliant groaning.
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Qui Mariam absolvisti,
Et latronem exaudisti,
Mihi quoque spem dedisti.
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Thou the sinful Mary savest,
Thou the dying thief forgavest,
And to me a hope vouchsafest.
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Preces meæ non sunt dignæ,
Sed tu bonus fac benigne,
Ne perenni cremer igne.
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Worthless are my prayers and sighing,
Yet, Good Lord, in grace complying,
Rescue me from fires undying.
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Inter oves locum præsta,
Et ab hœdis me sequestra,
Statuens in parte dextra.
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With Thy favoured sheep O place me,
Nor among the goats abase me,
But to Thy right hand upraise me.
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Confutatis maledictis,
Flammis acribus addictis,
Voca me cum benedictis.
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While the wicked are confounded,
Doomed to flames of woe unbounded,
Call me, with Thy saints surrounded.
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Oro supplex et acclinis,
Cor contritum quasi cinis,
Gere curam mei finis.
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Low I kneel, with heart-submission,
See, like ashes, my contrition—
Help me in my last condition.
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