Somno refectis

Somno refectis artubus (Saec. VI-VII)

Meter: 8.8.8.8

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Latinam Somno refectis artubus, spreto cubili, surgimus nobis, Pater, canentibus adesse te deposcimus. Te lingua primum concinat, te mentis ardor ambiat, ut actuum sequentium tu, sancte, sis exordium. Cedant tenebrae lumini et nox diurno sideri, ut culpa, quam nox intulit, lucis labascat munere. Precamur idem supplices noxas ut omnes amputes, et ore te canentium lauderis in perpetuum. Praesta, Pater piisime, Patrique compar Unice, cum Spiritu Paraclito regnans per omne saeculum. Amen.

English With sleep, the limbs having been refreshed, The bed having been spurned, we rise: Come to us, Father, who are singing To be near Thee, we ask earnestly. Thee, may the tongue first sing of, From Thee, may love visit our minds, That, of the acts following, Thou, Holy One, may be the beginning. May darkness give way to the light And the night to the day star that fault, which the night brought in, May yield to light's office. We pray the same kneeling That every offence you may take away, and Thou, from the mouth of those singing, May be praised in perpetuity. Grant this, Father most tender, And to the only One equal to the Father, With the Spirit Paraclete reigning through every age. Amen.