Sol ecce surgit

Sol ecce surgit igneus (Prudentius)

Meter: 8.8.8.8

Melody: a a a a a ab a a

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Latinam Sol ecce surgit igneus, piget, pudescit, paenitet, nec teste quisquam lumine peccare constanter potest. Tandem facessat caecitas, quae nosmet in praeceps diu lapsos sinistris gressibus errore traxit devio. Haec lux serenum conferat purosque nos praestet sibi; nihil loquamur subdolum, volvamus obscurum nihil. Sic tota decurrat dies, ne lingua mendax, ne manus oculive peccent lubrici, ne noxa corpus inquinet. Speculator astat desuper, qui nos diebus omnibus actusque nostros prospicit a luce prima in vesperum. Deo Patri sit gloria eiusque soli Filio cum Spiritu Paraclito, in sempiterna saecula. Amen.

English Behold! The fiery sun rises; it irks, it shames, it stirs repentence, neither in the light witness can anyone sin constantly. Finally may it fade away, the blindness, which we ourselves as from a precipice for a long time have lapsed with left-footed steps and drags us in error deviant. This light, may it confer serenity and with purity for ourselves may it supply may we speak no treachery, may we bring about no darkness. As such may the whole day run, lest the lying tongue, lest the hands or the impure eyes may sin, lest in crime the body may defile. The eyewitness stands from above, who, us, in all days and our actions, it looks ahead from daybreak into the evening. To God the Father let Glory be, and to His only Son with the Spirit Paraclete, in everlasting ages. Amen.