1. Nocte surgentes, vigilemus omnes,
Semper in psalmis meditemur, atque
Viribus totis Domino canamus
Dulciter hymnos.
1. Father, we praise thee, now the night is over,
Active and watchful, stand we all before thee;
Singing we offer prayer and meditation:
Thus we adore thee.
2. Ut pio regi pariter canentes
Cum suis sanctis mereamur aulam
Ingredi caeli, simul et beatam
Ducere vitam.
2. Monarch of all things, fit us for thy mansions;
Banish our weakness, health and wholeness sending;
Bring us to heaven, where thy Saints united
Joy without ending.
3. Praestet hoc nobis Deitas beata
Patris ac Nati pariterque sancti
Spiritus, cuius reboatur omni
Gloria mundo.
3. All-holy Father, Son and equal Spirit,
Trinity blessed, send us thy salvation;
Thine is the glory, gleaming and resounding
Through all creation.
Tr. Percy Dearmer, from _The English Hymnal_ by permission of the
Oxford University Press.