latin translation

[Immi666]

can anyone translate this for me?

pies iesu domine dona eis requiem

[Clanad]

This is close, I think: With Holy Jesus being the Lord, grant peace to them... or perhaps, Holy Lord Jesus, grant them rest...

[quisling]

Clanad's answer is correct. Don't know if this is helpful, you may already know, but it's a standard part of the requiem mass in Latin. It's also a therefore a part of some of the more famous requiems, such as Faur�'s and others.

[LotusEater]

'Pie Jesu' also sung by Aled Jones and Sarah Brightman et al. As a matter of interest, there's no J in the Latin alphabet - that's the reason there's an i in iesu.

[Immi666]

It's what the monks in monty python's holy grail say before they whack themselves on the heck. I wondered if it was something funny or not.

[CLOWN TICKLE]

Yes I remember it from Monty Python too

[moppettshow]

'O Holy Lord Jesus, grant rest upon them'

[jiga watt]

I'm rather disappointed with the REAL translation, because the one I always imagined was a funny joke,like you'd expect.("Pray all week, dressed like death"...presented sort of like that tee-shirt which says "My friend went to Calais, and all I got was this crummy shirt!").
Or perhaps, I thought, "Pray all week in dark grey robes, GIVE US DEATH!") (because it'd be preferable). And incidentally, is everyone sure IT DOESN'T translate to a gag like this? I mean because many words have TWO MEANINGS... ?
What do you scholars say to that? Any possibility?