We pray to you, before the end of day | We pray to you, before the end of day

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

Te lucis ante terminum

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG

Te lucis ante terminum
rerum creator poscimus
ut solita clementia
sis presul ad custodiam.

Procul recedant somnia
et noctium phantasmata,
hostemque nostrum comprime,
ne polluantur corpora.

Presta pater per filium
presta per almum spiritum
cum hiis per eum triplici
unus deus cognomine.

Amen.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• G. Petrassi • T. Tallis • T. Tallis

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See also Gezelle's Aleer het licht ten avond raakt.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, Ahrweil Antiphoner [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-18
Line count: 13
Word count: 46

We pray to you, before the end of day

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Language: English after the Latin

We pray to you, before the end of day,
O creator of the world,
That with your usual forbearance
You might be our protector for our keeping.

May the dreams and ghosts
Of night retreat;
Check our enemy sin
Lest our bodies be polluted.

Grant this Father, through your Son
Grant it through the caring Spirit
Who with these is one God
With three names.

Amen.

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a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , Ahrweil Antiphoner
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This text was added to the website: 2012-07-06
Line count: 13
Word count: 69