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Juste judex ultionis,

Donum fac remissionis

Ante diem rationis.

Righteous Judge of retribution,

Grant Thy gift of absolution

Ere that reck'ning Day's conclusion.

Ingemisco, tanquam reus:

Culpa rubet vultus meus:

Supplicanti parce, Deus.

Guilty, now I pour my moaning,

All my shame with anguish owning;

Spare, O God, Thy suppliant groaning.

Qui Mariam absolvisti,

Et latronem exaudisti,

Mihi quoque spem dedisti.

Thou the sinful Mary savest,

Thou the dying thief forgavest,

And to me a hope vouchsafest.

Preces meæ non sunt dignæ,

Sed tu bonus fac benigne,

Ne perenni cremer igne.

Worthless are my prayers and sighing,

Yet, Good Lord, in grace complying,

Rescue me from fires undying.

Inter oves locum præsta,

Et ab hœdis me sequestra,

Statuens in parte dextra.

With Thy favoured sheep O place me,

Nor among the goats abase me,

But to Thy right hand upraise me.

Confutatis maledictis,

Flammis acribus addictis,

Voca me cum benedictis.

While the wicked are confounded,

Doomed to flames of woe unbounded,

Call me, with Thy saints surrounded.

Oro supplex et acclinis,

Cor contritum quasi cinis,

Gere curam mei finis.

Low I kneel, with heart-submission,

See, like ashes, my contrition—

Help me in my last condition.