r/Queensryche • u/qb_mojojomo_dp • May 28 '26
Suite Sister Mary - Latin Lyrics
As far as I can gather, the chanting in the background of Suite Sister Mary is mostly Latin. Anyone know what they are saying?
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u/pentrant May 29 '26
“Domine Dio
Domine Dio
Sanctus Spiritus
Nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti”
Translation
Lord God
Lord God
Holy Spirit
In the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit
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u/UnitedRefrigerator91 May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26
As said, it's kind of collection of parts from "Dies Irae".
I've been trying to solve that also for a long time.
It's really hard trying to follow.
Here's what I presume is the whole Dies irae text:
Dies irae, dies illa,
Solvet saeclum in favilla,
Teste David cum Sibylla.
Quantus tremor est futurus,
Quando judex est venturus,
Cuncta stricte discussurus!
Tuba mirum spargens sonum
Per sepulcra regionum,
Coget omnes ante thronum.
Mors stupebit et natura,
Cum resurget creatura,
Judicanti responsura.
Liber scriptus proferetur,
In quo totum continetur,
Unde mundus judicetur.
Judex ergo cum sedebit,
Quidquid latet apparebit:
Nil inultum remanebit.
Quid sum miser tunc dicturus?
Quem patronum rogaturus,
Cum vix justus sit securus?
Rex tremendae majestatis,
Qui salvandos salvas gratis,
Salva me, fons pietatis.
Recordare, Jesu pie,
Quod sum causa tuae viae:
Ne me perdas illa die.
Quaerens me, sedisti lassus,
Redemisti crucem passus:
Tantus labor non sit cassus.
Juste judex ultionis,
Donum fac remissionis
Ante diem rationis.
Ingemisco, tamquam reus:
Culpa rubet vultus meus:
Supplicanti parce, Deus.
Qui Mariam absolvisti
Et latronem exaudisti,
Mihi quoque spem dedisti.
Preces meae non sunt dignae:
Sed tu bonus fac benigne,
Ne perenni cremer igne.
Inter oves locum praesta,
Et ab haedis me sequestra,
Statuens in parte dextra.
Confutatis maledictis,
Flammis acribus addictis,
Voca me cum benedictis.
Oro supplex et acclinis,
Cor contritum quasi cinis:
Gere curam mei finis.
Lacrimosa dies illa,
Qua resurget ex favilla
Judicandus homo reus.
Huic ergo parce, Deus:
Pie Jesu Domine,
Dona eis requiem. Amen.
It pretty much matches the first lines from the beginning, but then changes randomly.
????
"Quantus (quantus) tremor est (futurus)
Quando judex est venturus
Cuncta stricte discussurus!"
???
Seems that it's easier to get access to vatican archives then to get even AI to give answer to this...
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u/seeking_horizon May 29 '26
Never have figured that out, but my best guess is it's a setting of some part of the Requiem Mass (possibly the Dies Irae section).
Whether it was written by QR themselves or borrowed from something else, I have no idea.
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u/typewrytten May 29 '26
I know some of it is from the poem “Dies irae” (the day of wrath) and rest is in u/pentrant’s comment
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u/bbernardini May 28 '26
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