Sarah Brightman & Paul Miles-Kingston -- Pie Jesu
Sarah
Pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu
Qui tollis peccata mundi
Dona eis requiem, dona eis requiem
Paul
Pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu
both
Qui tollis peccata mundi
Dona eis requiem, dona eis requiem
choir
Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei
both
Qui tollis peccata mundi
Dona eis requiem, dona eis requiem
choir
Dona eis requiem
both
Sempiternam
choir
Dona eis requiem
both
Sempiternam
Sarah
Requiem
Paul
Sempiternam
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Show: Requiem, 1985
This is the original recording from "Requiem" (1985). I find it interesting to
hear how much Sarah's voice has changed in the last ten years. [from the
CD-booklet]
Sung with the Winchester Cathedral Choir
Bjorn Handeland (bhh100@york.ac.uk) wrote me that this song, and in fact the
entire "Requiem", is dedicated to the victims of the conflict in Northern
Ireland. At the concert in Edinburgh I saw, and on the video of the same
concert in the Royal Albert Hall (September 1997, both), Sarah dedicated the
song to all those who lost loved ones.
From: Surrender, The unexpected songs (1995)
and The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection (1997).
Also on: Sings the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (1992).
Source of the lyrics: thanks to Lauren (Timot85118@aol.com), with the correction
that 'dona' is spelled with one 'n' [which comes, wrote Lanny
(LKHollis@aol.com), from "donare", meaning "give, grant, ..."] and 'tollis' is
with double 'l' [thanks to Fernando A. Batista de Almeida
(dalmada@dglnet.com.br), who added that it is "from Latin verb: tollo, tollis,
tollere, sustuli, sublatum means To Take away"].
Lauren also gave me an English translation of the Latin:
Latin English
Pie Jesu
Qui tollis peccata mundi
Dona eis requiem
Angus Dei
Dona eis requiem sempiternam
Merciful Jesus
Who takest away the sins of the world
Grant them rest
Oh Lamb of God
Grant them eternal rest
Fernando's translation reads:
Pie Jesu, qui tollis peccata mundi
Dona eis requiem.
Merciful Jesus, you take away the sins of the world
(eternal) rest grant unto them.
Sarah herself gives another translation at her concerts (for example at the
concert mentioned above):
Sweet Jesus, who takes way the sins
of the world, grant us peace
An exact translation of a song such as this is clearly difficult to give: it is
the feeling that counts most. The lyrics and translation into English given in
the CD-booklet of Voice of an Angel (1998) from Charlotte Church, for example,
are:
Latin lyrics English translation
Pie Jesu, Pie Jesu,
Pie Jesu, Pie Jesu,
Qui tollis peccata mundi;
Dona eis requiem,
Dona eis requiem.
Angus Dei, Angus Dei,
Angus Dei, Angus Dei,
Qui tollis peccata mundi;
Dona eis requiem,
Dona eis requiem.
Sempiternam, sempiternam requiem.
Lord, have mercy,
Lord, have mercy,
You who take away the sins of the world;
Grant them peace,
Grant them peace.
Lamb of God, Lamb of God,
Lamb of God, Lamb of God,
You who take away the sins of the world;
Grant them peace,
Grant them peace.
Peace everlasting, everlasting.
The last line is actually "Everlasting, everlasting peace" of course. By the
way, the translation of "requiem" as "peace" is, religiously speaking, not
really correct: it is better to use "rest", as in the first translation.
Below follow translations in Spanish of the Latin -- many thanks to Alejandro
Stivala for these.
Latin Spanish
Pie Jesu
Qui tollis peccata mundi
Dona eis requiem
Angus Dei
Dona eis requiem sempiternam
Jesus lleno de gracia
Quien quita los pecados del mundo
Dales el descanso
Oh cordero del Señor
Danos el descanso eterno
and:
Latin lyrics Spanish translation
Pie Jesu, Pie Jesu,
Pie Jesu, Pie Jesu,
Qui tollis peccata mundi;
Dona eis requiem,
Dona eis requiem.
Angus Dei, Angus Dei,
Angus Dei, Angus Dei,
Qui tollis peccata mundi;
Dona eis requiem,
Dona eis requiem.
Sempiternam, sempiternam requiem.
Señor, ten piedad,
Señor, ten piedad,
Tu, quien quita los pecados del mundo;
Danos el descanso,
Danos el descanso.
Cordero del Señor, Cordero del Señor,
Cordero del Señor, Cordero del Señor,
Tu, quien quita los pecados del mundo;
Danos el descanso,
Danos el descanso.
Eterno, el descanso eterno.
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