文本歌词

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Requiem aeternam - Requiem aeternam - Ib. What Passing Bells for These who die as Cattle? - Peter Pears/Melos Ensemble/The Bach Choir/London Symphony Chorus/London Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Britten
Lyrics by：Wilfred Owen
Composed by：Benjamin Britten
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle
Only the monstrous anger of the guns
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons
No mockeries now for them no prayers nor bells
Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs
The shrill demented choirs of wailing shells
And bugles calling for them from sad shires
What candles may be held to speed them all
Not in the hands of boys but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of good-byes
The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds