[ Featuring Jeremy Filsell, Oxford ]
Regis regum rectissimi
Prope est dies domini,
Dies irae et vindictae,
Tenebrarum et nebulae,
Regis regum rectissimi.
Diesque mirabilium
Tonitruorum fortium,
Dies quoque angustiae,
Maeroris ac tristitiae.
Regis regum rectissimi.
In quo cessabit mulieru
Mamor et desiderium,
Nominumque contentio
Mundi huius et cupido.
Regis regum rectissimi
Prope est dies domini.
The day of the Lord is nigh,
The day of the most righteous
The day of wrath and vengeance,
Of darkness and shadow,
The day of the most righteous King of Kings.
And the day of marvellous
Strong thunderings,
Even the day of despair,
Of sorrow and misery,
The day of the most righteous King of Kings.
In that day will cease women's love and desire,
Men's strife and the yearnings
Of this world
The day of the Lord is nigh,
The day of the most righteous King of Kings.
Words attributed to St. Columba (521597)
