Te Lucis Ante Terminum

A setting of one of the traditional Compline hymns for you tonight:




If you would like to sing it as part of your own worship, here is one of the English translations and the music:

To thee before the close of day,
Creator of the world, we pray
That, with thy wonted favor, thou
Wouldst be our guard and keeper now.

From all ill dreams defend our sight,
From fears and terrors of the night;
Withhold from us our ghostly foe,
That spot of sin we may not know.

O Father, that we ask be done,
Through Jesus Christ, thine only Son,
Who, with the Holy Ghost and thee,
Doth live and reign eternally. Amen.

Thanks to chantblog for this. To read more:
http://chantblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-hymns-at-lesser-hours-compline-i.html


For a more modern translation of this Compline hymn, see The Hymnal 1982 (The Episcopal Church). For the music that accompanies this modern translation:

https://www.churchpublishing.org/products/index.cfm?fuseaction=productDetail&productID=82