- Quarto die qui flámmeam
solis rotam constítuens,
lunæ minístras órdini
vagos recúrsus síderum,
- Ut nóctibus vel lúmini
diremptiónis términum,
primórdiis et ménsium
signum dares notíssimum:
- Illúmina cor hóminum,
abstérge sordes méntium,
resólve culpæ vínculum,
evérte moles críminum.
- Præsta, Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar Unice,
cum Spíritu Paráclito
regnans per omne sǽculum. Amen.
— Liber Hymnarius |
- establishing on the fourth day
the sun’s fiery wheel
the moon’s ministries in the same line,
the wandering ways of the stars,
- So that you might give a very clear sign
of the separate ends
of night or day
and to the months’ beginnings,
- Illuminate our hearts,
wipe away the filth in our mind,
shatter the chains of our faults,
overturn the calamities of our crimes.
- Grant this, most blessed Father,
and Sole-Begotten, equal to the Father,
with the Spirit Paraclete
reigning through every age. Amen.
— Hymnbook of Solesmes Abbey |
