Parce Domine (Latim)

Have mercy, Lord (Latin)

Parce Domine (Latim)

Have mercy, Lord, on your peopleParce Domine, populo tuo
Do not be angry with us foreverNe in aeternum irascaris nobis

Let us bend the avenging angerFlectamus iram vindicem
Let us weep before the JudgePloremus ante Iudicem
Let us cry out with supplicant mouthClamemus ore supplici
Let us all say with bowed headsDicamus omnes cernui

We have offended with our evilsNostris malis offendimus
Your divine mercyTuam Deus clementiam
Pour out upon us from aboveEffunde nobis desuper
O forgiving one, forgivenessRemissor, indulgentiam

Grant us an acceptable timeDans tempus acceptabile
Give us tears in streamsDa lacrimarum rivulis
To wash the victim of the heartLavare cordis victimam
Which joyful charity burnsQuam laeta adurat caritas

Hear, kind CreatorAudi, benigne Conditor
Our prayers with tearsNostras preces cum fletibus
In this sacred fastingIn hoc sacro ieiunio
Of the forty days poured outFusas quadragenario

Almighty searcher of heartsScrutator alme cordium
You know the weakness of our strengthInfirma Tu scis virium
To those who return to You, showAd Te reversis exhibe
The grace of forgivenessRemissionis gratiam