Iam lucis

Iam lucis orto sidere (saec. VIII ?)

Meter: 8.8.8.8

Melody: e c d f ef g f e

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Latinam Iam lucis orto sidere Deum precemur supplices, ut in diurnis actibus nos servet a nocentibus. Linguam refrenans temperet, ne litis horror insonet; visum fovendo contegat, ne vanitates hauriat. Sint pura cordis intima, absistat et vecordia; carnis terat superbiam potus cibique parcitas; Ut, cum dies abscesserit noctemque sors reduxerit, mundi per abstinentiam ipsi canamus gloriam. Deo Patri sit gloria eiusque soli Filio cum Spiritu Paraclito, in sempiterna saecula. Amen.

English Now with the risen star of light let us suppliant implore God, that in the day's acts, us, He may preserve from harm. The tongue, restraining may He temper, lest quarrels, horror may resound; The vision, from what would be warming, may He conceal, lest vanities may swallow up. May they be pure, the heart's intimate parts, and may it desist, folly; may parcity of food and drink wear away the flesh's arrogance. That, when the day passes away and night, order leads back, clean through abstinence to Him may we sing glory. To God the Father, may be Glory and to His only Son with the Spirit Paraclete, in everlasting ages. Amen.