also: レクエム
A musical composition or mass for the dead; also used metaphorically for something that mourns or commemorates loss.
from Latin
モーツァルトのレクイエムは未完成のまま残された。
Mozart's Requiem was left unfinished.
この曲は亡くなった友へのレクイエムとして作られた。
This piece was composed as a requiem for a departed friend.
The composer dedicated a requiem to his late wife.
Mozart composed a requiem at the end of his life.
The news became a requiem for his career.