Laudes - Hymnus
08 October, 2022
Hymnus
1. Auróra jam spargit polum,
1. The dawn is sprinkling in the east
Terris dies illábitur:
Its golden shower, as day flows in;
Lucis resúltat spículum,
Fast mount the pointed shafts of light:
Discédat omne lúbricum.
Farewell to darkness and to sin!
2. Phantásma noctis décidat:
2. Away, ye midnight phantoms all!
Mentis reátus súbruat:
Away, despondence and despair!
Quidquid tenébris hórridum
Whatever guilt the night has brought
Nox áttulit culpæ, cadat.
Now let it vanish into air.
3. Et mane illud últimum,
3. So, Lord, when that last morning breaks,
Quod præstolámur cérnui,
Looking to which we sigh and pray,
In lucem nobis éffluat,
O may it to Thy minstrels prove
Dum hoc canóre cóncrepat.
The dawning of a better day.
4. Deo Patri sit glória,
4. Deo Patri sit glória,
Eiúsque soli Fílio,
Eiúsque soli Fílio,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito,
Cum Spíritu Paráclito,
Et nunc, et in perpétuum.
Nunc et per omne sǽculum.
Amen.
Amen.