- Nox atra iam depéllitur,
mundi nitor renáscitur,
novúsque iam mentis vigor
dulces in actus érigit.
- Laudes sonáre iam tuas
dies relátus ádmonet,
vultúsque cæli blándior
nostra serénat péctora.
- Vitémus omne lúbricum,
declínet prava spíritus,
vitam facta non ínquinent,
linguam culpa non ímplicet;
- Sed, sol diem dum cónficit,
fides profúnda férveat,
spes ad promíssa próvocet,
Christo coniúngat cáritas.
- Præsta, Pater piíssime,
Patríque compar Unice,
cum Spíritu Paráclito
regnans per omne sǽculum. Amen.
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- The black night is scattered,
the world’s lustre is reborn,
and now a new vigor of mind
arouses us to pleasing deeds.
- May day’s renewal now remind us
to sound your praises,
and may a whiter face of the sky
calm our breasts.
- Help us avoid each deceit,
may our spirit turn away from wickedness,
may our deeds not pollute our life,
let no fault implicate our tongue;
- But while the sun brings forth the day,
let our faith swell with profound fervor,
let our hope call us to the promises,
let our charity join us to Christ.
- Grant this, most blessed Father,
and Sole-Begotten, equal to the Father,
with the Spirit Paraclete
reigning through every age. Amen.
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