Vespers, first and
second Sundays in Lent: Gernot B. Wieland, The Canterbury Hymnal
YMNUS
AD VESPERAM
SIC
TER QUATERNIS TRAHITUR
horis
dies ad vesperum,
occasum
sol pronuntians
noctis
redire tempora.
nos
ergo signo domini
tutemus
claustra pectorum,
ne
serpens ille callidus
intrandi
temptet aditum
sed
armis pudicitie
mens
fulta vigil libere
sobrietare
comite
hostem
repellat inprobum.
sed
nec ciborum crapula
tandem
distentet corpora,
ne
vi per sompnum animam
glorificatam
pulluat.
Gloria
tibi, trinitas
Thus
in three times four hours day is dragged into evening, the sun announces its
setting, the time of night returns. Therefore, let us guard the enclosure of
the hearts with the sign of the Lord lest that crafty serpent should try to
enter. But let the vigilant mind freely depend on the weapons of modesty and
with its companion, sobriety, repel the wicked enemy. But may the drunkenness of food not bloat our
bodies lest by force it should pollute the glory-filled soul.
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