Perhaps we are approaching the Day of Wrath – Mozart was correct that he was writing a Requiem for himself. Perhaps America’s Day of Wrath is approaching.
Dies irae
Dies irae, dies illa
Solvet saeclum in favilla,
teste David cum Sibylla.
Quantus tremor est futurus,
quando judex est venturus,
cuncta stricte discussurus!
Day of wrath, day of anger
will dissolve the world in ashes,
as foretold by David and the Sibyl.
Great trembling there will be
when the Judge descends from
heaven to examine all things closely.