by Maffeo Barberini (1568 - 1644), as Urban VIII, Pope
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Te lucis ante terminum
Language: Latin  after the Latin 
Te lucis ante terminum,
Rerum Creator poscimus,
Ut pro tua clementia
Sis præsul et custodia.

Procul recedant somnia,
Et noctium phantasmata;
Hostemque nostrum comprime,
Ne polluantur corpora.

Præsta, Pater piissime,
Patrique compar Unice,
Cum Spiritu Paraclito
Regnans per omne sæculum. Amen.

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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Johann Wenzeslaus Kalliwoda.

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Jetzt fleh'n wir, weil die Nacht will nah'n
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Latin 
Jetzt fleh'n wir, weil die Nacht will nah'n,
dich, aller Dinge Schöpfer, an,
dass deine Güte mildiglich
uns schütz' und schirme kräftiglich.

Fern weiche jedes Truggebild
und Traumgesichte scheu und wild;
durch dich vor Feindes Macht gedeckt,
sei unser Leib stets unbefleckt.

Dies, Vater, gib vom Gnadenthron,
und du, dem Vater gleicher Sohn;
dem mit dem Geist, der Trost verleiht,
sei Ehr' und Preis in Ewigkeit.
Amen!

Confirmed with J. B. Heinrich, Die heilige Weihnachtszeit, Mainz 1892. Translator unidentified.


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