Completorium - Hymnus
27 May, 2022
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. All glory, Lord, to You, we pay,
Qui scandis super sídera
Ascending over the stars today;
Cum Patre et Sancto Spíritu,
With Father and the Spirit be
In sempitérna sǽcula.
All glory yours eternally.
Amen.
Amen.