Leonard Bernstein — XV. Agnus Dei

[SOLOISTS OF STREET Chorus] Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi Miserere nobis! Miserere nobis! [STREET CHORUS} Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi Miserere nobis! Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi; Dona nobis pacem! Pacem! Pacem! [CELEBRANT] (spoken) Hoc est enim Corpus Meum Hic est enim Calix Sanguinis Mei! [STREET Chorus] (sung) Dona … nobis … pacem … [CELEBRANT] (spoken) Hostiam puram! [STREET Chorus (upper voices)] (sung) Dona nobis pacem [CELEBRANT] Hostiam sanctam … [STREET Chorus (upper voices)] (sung) Dona nobis pacem [CELEBRANT] Hostiam immaculatam … [STREET Chorus] Dona nobis pacem Pacem! Pacem! [STREET Chorus AND CHOIR] Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi; Dona nobis pacem! Dona nobis pacem! Pacem! Pacem! [CELEBRANT] Let us pray! [CHOIR] Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi … Miserere nobis [CELEBRANT] Non sum dignus, Domine [CHOIR] Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi … Miserere nobis [CELEBRANT] I am not worthy, Lord [CHOIR] Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi! Dona nobis pacem! [CELEBRANT] Corpus! [CHOIR] Pacem! [CELEBRANT] Calix! [CHOIR] Pacem! Pacem! Dona nobis pacem! [CELEBRANT] Panem! [CHOIR] Dona nobis pacem! Dona nobis, nobis pacem, pacem dona [TENOR SOLO] We’re not down on our knees We’re not praying We’re not asking you please We’re just saying: Give us peace now and peace to hold on To And, God, give us some reason to want to! Dona nobis Dona nobis [SOLOISTS - LOWER VOICES] You worked six days and rested on Sunday We can tear the whole mess down in one Day Give us peace now, and we don’t mean Later Don’t forget you were once our Creator! Dona nobis Dona nobis [SOLOISTS] We’ve got quarrels and qualms and such Questions Give us answers, not psalms and Suggestions Give us peace that we don’t keep on Breaking Give us something or we’ll just start taking! Dona nobis Dona nobis [STREET Chorus] We’re fed up with your heavenly silence And we only get action with violence So if we can’t have the world we desire Lord, we’ll have to set this one on fire! Dona nobis Dona nobis [CELEBRANT] Pa … cem!