Aurora iam spargit

Aurora iam spargit polum (Saec. VII-VIII)

Meter: 8.8.8.8

Melody: aaaaaabaa

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Latinam Aurora iam spargit polum, terris dies illabitur, lucis resultat spiculum: discedat omne lubricum. Iam vana noctis decidant, mentis reatus subruat, quicquid tenebris horridum nox attulit culpae, cadat, Ut mane illud ultimum, quod praestolamur cernui, in lucem nobis effluat, dum hoc canore concrepat. Deo Patri sit gloria eiusque soli Filio cum Spiritu Paraclito, in sempiterna saecula. Amen.

English The dawn now scatters the sky, on to the earth the day descends, the light's spike resounds: Let all impurity depart! Now may the vanities of night wither, may the mind's accusations overthrow, whatever in the darkness is horrid that the night of guilt carries, may it fall, So that, in the morning, that final one, which we await prostrate into the light for us may it flow forth while this song rattles along. To God the Father may Glory be and to His only Son with the Spirit Paraclete, in everlasting ages. Amen.