Britten: Missa brevis, Op. 63 - Agnus Dei - Westminster Cathedral Choir, George Malcolm, Бенджамин Бриттен

One ever hangs where shelled roads part

In this war He too lost a limb

But His disciples hide apart;

And now the Soldiers bear with Him

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi

Dona eis requiem

Near Golgotha strolls many a priest

And in their faces there is pride

That they were flesh-marked by the Beast

By whom the gentle Christ’s denied

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi

Dona eis requiem

The scribes on all the people shove

And bawl allegiance to the state

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi

But they who love the greater love

Lay down their life;

they do not hate

Dona eis requiem

Dona nobis pacem