Completorium I - Hymnus
05 January, 2025
Hymnus
1. Te lucis ante términum,
1. Before the end of the day
Rerum Creátor póscimus,
Creator of the world, we pray
Ut solíta cleméntia
that with your desired favor,
Sis præsul ad custódiam.
you would be our protector and guard.
2. Procul recédant sómnia,
2. From all ill dreams defend our eyes,
Et nóctium phantásmata,
and the phantoms of night,
Hostémque nostrum cómprime,
and restrain our enemy,
Ne polluántur córpora.
that our bodies may not be polluted.
3. Glória tibi, Dómine,
3. Glory be to you, O Lord,
Qui apparuísti hódie,
you were revealed today,
Cum Patre, et Sancto Spíritu,
with the Father and the Holy Spirit
In sempitérna sǽcula.
world without end.
Amen.
Amen.