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Showing posts with label epiphanytide. Show all posts

Friday, January 17, 2014

The Saturday Office hymns, "from the Оctave of the Epiphany until the 1st Sunday in Lent"

Continuing on with these daily office hymns, from Hymn melodies for the whole year from the Sarum Service books, for Saturday the hymns are as follows:
From the Оctave of the Epiphany until the 1st Sunday in Lent - On Saturdays:
Mattins: Summe Deus clemencie ... ... ... 15
Lauds: Aurora iam spargit polum ... ... ... 17
Evensong: Deus, Creator omnium ... ... ... 21

The Saturday hymn for Mattins during this period is Summe Deus clemencie; Hymn melodies prescribes it to be sung to melody #15:


I couldn't find a recording of this one anywhere - but it's the same familiar tune we've seen for Mattins hymns all week now (as, for example, on this Liber Hymnarius recording (mp3) of the Mattins hymn for Thursday,  Nox atra rerum contegit
 
The Hymner has a set of English words for Summe Deus clemencie, but I haven't found them anywhere in Latin so far; still looking.  (Interestingly, The Hymner does prescribe different doxologies for dates before and after Candlemas for the hymns during Epiphanytide; this is an example of that system.)
O God of mercy passing thought,
Who hast the world contriv'd and wrought:
In Power, Essential Unity,
In Person, Blessed Trinity.

Do thou in love accept these lays
Of mingled penitence and praise:
That we, with hearts without alloy,
Thyself may perfectly enjoy.

Our reins and hearts in pity heal,
And with thy chastening fires anneal:
Gird thou our loins, each passion quell,
And every harmful lust expel.

That we, who now the hours of night
With songs united put to flight,
What gifts the blessed land can give,
May all abundantly receive.

Doxology until Candlemas:

All honour, laud, and glory be,
O Jesu, Virgin-born, to thee:
All glory, as is ever meet,
To Father and to Paraclete. Amen.

After Candlemas:

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


At Saturday Lauds during this period, the prescribed hymn is  Aurora iam spargit polum, sung, according to Hymn melodies,  to melody #17:


LLPB offers this mp3 (in English) of Aurora iam spargit polum; they call it "The Dawn Is Sprinkling in the East."   They are using a different hymn tune than the one prescribed by Hymn Melodies, though - and I have no chant score of it.   If you wanted to use the prescribed melody, just use the chant score above; it's sung to the same tune as the Lauds hymns have been all week (for example, on this mp3 of Nox et tenebre et nubila, ("Ye Clouds and Darkness"), the Wednesday Lauds hymn, sung to melody #17 ).


Here's TPL on this hymn:
Attributed to St. Ambrose (350-397). This hymn is traditionally sung at Saturday Lauds and is used in the Liturgia Horarum at Lauds for Saturdays of the first and third weeks of the Psalter during Ordinary Time. Likewise the hymn is also found in the Roman Breviary for Saturday Lauds. 
Here are the words in Latin and English; the translation is by Fr. Edward Caswall (1814-1878). :
AURORA iam spargit polum:
terris dies illabitur:
lucis resultat spiculum:
discedat omne lubricum.
THE DAWN is sprinkling in the east
its golden shower, as day flows in;
fast mount the pointed shafts of light:
farewell to darkness and to sin!
Iam vana noctis decidant,
mentis reatus subruat,1
quicquid tenebris horridum
nox attulit culpae, cadat.
Away, ye midnight phantoms all!
Away, despondence and despair!
Whatever guilt the night has brought
now let it vanish into air.
Ut mane illud ultimum
quod praestolamur cernui,
in lucem nobis effluat,
dum hoc canore concrepat.2
So, Lord, when that last morning breaks,
looking to which we sigh and pray,
O may it to Thy minstrels prove
the dawning of a better day.
Deo Patri sit gloria,
eiusque soli Filio,
cum Spiritu Paraclito,
in sempiterna saecula.3 Amen.
To God the Father glory be,
and to His sole-begotten Son;
Glory, O Holy Ghost, to Thee,
while everlasting ages run. Amen.



At Saturday Vespers, the hymn prescribed by Hymn melodies during this period is Deus, Creator omnium, sung to melody #21:


The Liber Hymnarius Wiki has a recording of this hymn sung to melody #21; click the download arrow to listen to it sung in Latin:
Deus, creator omnium (Ambrosius)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Download H.IV, p. 181
This is another tune - an Ambrosian one, apparently, and one I've never heard before - used for this hymn (sung here by Giovanni Viannini):



Here's yet another tune for this hymn, recorded at Vespers in the Charterhouse of Serra San Bruno (which I believe to be this monastery):



They are actually using melody #20 in that last video, which is the standard Vespers hymn melody for days other than Saturday:


So, feel free to sing along with the brothers instead, if you like.


TPL says this about Deus, Creator omnium:
Composed by St. Ambrose ( 340-397). Deus Creator Omnium is an ancient hymn for Saturday Vespers. Virtually all of the ancient Breviaries contain the hymn. Curiously, however, it is not found in the Roman Breviary. The hymn, less verses 6 and 7, is used for Saturday Vespers (Vespers I) in the Liturgia Horarum during Ordinary Time. 
Here are the words in Latin and English; the translation is by  F.A. Wright, Fathers of the Church:
DEUS creator omnium
polique rector, vestiens
diem decoro lumine,
noctem soporis gratia.
GOD that all things didst create
and the heavens doth regulate,
Who doth clothe the day with light,
and with gracious sleep the night....
Artus solutos ut quies
reddat laboris usui
mentesque fessas allevet
luctusque solvat anxios.
-
Grates peracto iam die
et noctis exortu preces,
voti reos ut adiuves,
hymnum canentes solvimus.
Day sinks; we thank Thee for thy gift,
night comes; to Thee again we lift
our prayers and vows and hymns, that we
against all ills defended be....
Te cordis ima concinant,
te vox canora concrepet,
te diligat castus amor,
te mens adoret sobria.
-
Ut cum profunda clauserit
diem caligo noctium,
fides tenebras nesciat
et nox fide reluceat.
That so, when shadows round us creep
and all is hid in darkness deep,
faith may not feel the gloom; and night
borrow from faith's clear gleam new light....
Dormire mentem ne sinas,
dormire culpa noverit;
castos fides refrigerans
somni vaporem temperet.
From snares of sense, Lord, keep us free
and let our hearts dream but of thee.
Let not the envious foe draw near
to vex our quiet rest with fear.
Exuta sensu lubrico
te cordis alta somnient,
ne hostis invidi dolo
pavor quietos suscitet.
-
Christum rogamus et Patrem,
Christi Patrisque Spiritum;
unum potens per omnia,
fove precantes, Trinitas. Amen.
Hail we the Father and the Son
and Son's and Father's Spirit, one
blest Trinity who all obey;
guard Thou the souls that to Thee pray. Amen.


LLPB actually uses a different hymn entirely for Saturday Vespers; here's their mp3 (in English) of O Lux Beata Trinitas ("O Trinity of Blessed Light").   That's a beautiful hymn, and I think perfect for Saturday Vespers.    Here are those words - translation J.M. Neale - in case you'd like to substitute:
O TRINITY of blessed Light,
O Unity of sovereign might,
as now the fiery sun departs,
shed Thou Thy beams within our hearts.

To Thee our morning song of praise,
to Thee our evening prayer we raise;
Thee may our glory evermore
in lowly reverence adore.

All laud to God the Father be;
all praise, Eternal Son, to Thee;
all glory, as is ever meet,
to God the Holy Paraclete. 



Thursday, January 16, 2014

The Friday Office hymns, "from the Оctave of the Epiphany until the 1st Sunday in Lent"

Continuing on with these daily office hymns, from Hymn melodies for the whole year from the Sarum Service books, for Friday the hymns are as follows:
From the Оctave of the Epiphany until the 1st Sunday in Lent - On Fridays:
Mattins: Tu Trinitatis Unitas... ... ... 15
Lauds: Eterna celi Gloria... ... ... 17
Evensong: Plasmator hominis, Deus... ... ... 20

The Friday hymn for Mattins during this period is Tu Trinitatis Unitas; Hymn melodies prescribes it to be sung to melody #15:


The Liber Hymnarius has a version of this in Latin, sung to melody #15; click the arrow to listen to the mp3:
Tu, Trinitatis Unitas (saec. VI?)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Melody: d e f g eg f e f
 Download H.IV, p. 203

TPL says this about the hymn:
Attributed to Pope St. Gregory the Great (540-604). This hymn is found in the Roman Breviary for Friday Matins. It is also used in the Liturgia Horarum (less verse four) in the Office of Readings for Fridays of the first and third weeks of the Psalter during Ordinary Time. 
Here are the words in Latin and English; the translation is by by Rev. George Herbert Palmer (1846-1926) and Rev. Joseph William Chadwick (1841-1882.
TU, TRINITATIS Unitas,
orbem potenter qui regis,
attende laudis canticum
quod excubantes psallimus.1
O THREE in One, and One in Three,
Who rulest all things mightily,
bow down to hear the songs of praise
which, freed from bonds of sleep, we raise.
Nam lectulo consurgimus
noctis quieto tempore,
ut flagitemus vulnerum
a te medelam omnium.2
While lingers yet the peace of night,
we rouse us from our slumbers light;
that might of instant prayer may win
The healing balm for wounds of sin.
Quo fraude quicquid3 daemonum
in noctibus deliquimus,
abstergat illud caelitus
tuae potestas gloriae.
If, by the wiles of Satan caught,
this nighttime we have sinned in aught,
that sin Thy glorious power today,
from heaven descending, cleanse away.
Ne corpus astet sordidum,
nec torpor instet cordium,
ne criminis contagio
tepescat ardor spiritus.
Let naught impure our bodies stain,
no laggard sloth our souls detain,
no taint of sin our spirits know,
to chill the fervor of their glow.
Te corde fido, quaesumus,4
reple tuo nos lumine,
per quod dierum circulis
nullis ruamus actibus.
Wherefore, Redeemer, grant that we
fulfilled with Thine own light may be:
that, in our course. from day to day,
by no misdeed we fall away.
Praesta, Pater piissime,
Patrique compar Unice,
cum Spiritu Paraclito,
regnans per omne saeculum.
Grant this, O Father ever One
with Christ, Thy sole-begotten Son,
and Holy Ghost, whom all adore,
reigning and blest forevermore.


At Friday Lauds during this period, the prescribed hymn is  Eterna celi Gloria, sung, according to Hymn melodies,  to melody #17:


LLPB offers this mp3 (in English) of Eterna celi Gloria; they call it "Eternal Glory of the Sky."   They are using a different hymn tune than the one prescribed by Hymn Melodies, though - and I have no chant score of it.   If you wanted to use the prescribed melody, just use the chant score above; it's sung to the same tune as the Lauds hymns have been all week (for example, on this mp3 of Nox et tenebre et nubila, ("Ye Clouds and Darkness"), the Wednesday Lauds hymn, sung to melody #17 ).


Here's TPL on this hymn:
Anonymous 5th century Ambrosian hymn. This hymn is found in the Roman Breviary for Friday Lauds. It is also used in the Liturgia Horarum at Fridays Lauds of the first and third weeks of the Psalter during Ordinary Time. 
Here are the words in Latin and English; the translation - this is the set of words on the audio file, not the ones at TPL - is from The Hymn­al Not­ed, 1854:
AETERNA caeli gloria,
beata spes mortalium,
celsi Parentis Unice,1
castaeque proles Virginis:
ETERNAL GLORY of the sky,
Blest Hope of frail humanity,
The Father’s sole begotten One,
Yet born a spotless virgin’s Son!
Da dexteram surgentibus,
exsurgat et mens sobria.
flagrans et in laudem Dei
grates rependat debitas.
Uplift us with Thine arm of might,
And let our hearts rise pure and bright,
And, ardent in God’s praises, pay
The thanks we owe him every day.
Ortus refulget lucifer,
ipsamque lucem nuntiat,
cadit caligo noctium,2
lux sancta nos illuminet.
The day-star’s rays are glittering clear,
And tell that day itself is near:
The shadows of the night depart;
Thou, holy Light, illume the heart!
Manensque nostris sensibus
noctem repellat saeculi
omnique fine temporis
purgata servet pectora.
Within our senses ever dwell,
And worldly darkness thence expel;
Long as the days of life endure,
Preserve our souls devout and pure.
Quaesita iam primum fides
radicet altis sensibus,3
secunda spes congaudeat,
tunc4 maior exstat caritas.
The faith that first must be possessed,
Root deep within our inmost breast;
And joyous hope in second place,
Then charity, Thy greatest grace.
Sit, Christe, rex piissime,
tibi Patrique gloria,
cum Spiritu Paraclito,
in sempiterna saecula. Amen.
All laud to God the Father be,
All praise, eternal Son, to Thee;
All glory, as is ever meet,
To God the holy Paraclete.

At Friday Vespers, the hymn prescribed by Hymn melodies during this period is Plasmator hominis, Deus, sung to melody #20:


LLPB offers this mp3 (in English) of Plasmator hominis, Deus; they call it "Maker of Man, Who From Thy Throne."   Again, they are using a different hymn tune than the one prescribed by Hymn Melodies.  If you wanted to use the prescribed melody, just use the chant score above; it's sung to the same tune as the Vespers hymns have been all week (for example, on this mp3 of Celi Deus sanctissime ("Most Holy Lord and God of Heaven"), the Wednesday Vespers hymn).

One really interesting thing about the daily Vespers hymns is that they recapitulate the 7 days of Creation!    For instance, TPL says this about Plasmator hominis, Deus:
Attributed to Pope St. Gregory the Great (540-604). This hymn continues with the theme of Creation present in the Vespers Hymns during the week. Here the work of the sixth day of creation (Friday) chronicles the animals and man (Gen 1, 25, 27). This hymn is traditionally sung at Friday Vespers and is used in the Liturgia Horarum at Vespers for Fridays of the first and third weeks of the Psalter during Ordinary Time. Likewise the hymn is also found in the Roman Breviary for Friday Vespers, but under the title of Hominis superne Conditor. 
Here are the words in Latin and English; the translation is by John David Chambers (1805-1893)
PLASMATOR hominis, Deus,1
qui cuncta solus ordinans,
humum iubes producere
reptantis et ferae genus:
MAKER of man, who from Thy throne
dost order all things, God alone;
by whose decree the teeming earth
to reptile and to beast gave birth:
Qui magna rerum corpora,
dictu iubentis vivida,
ut serviant per ordinem
subdens dedisti homini:2
The mighty forms that fill the land,
instinct with life at Thy command,
are given subdued to humankind
for service in their rank assigned.
Repelle a servis tuis,
quicquid per immunditiam,3
aut moribus se suggerit,
aut actibus se interserit.
From all Thy servants drive away
whate'er of thought impure to-day
hath been with open action blent,
or mingled with the heart's intent.
Da gaudiorum praemia,
da gratiarum munera:
dissolve litis vincula,
astringe pacis foedera.
In heaven Thine endless joys bestow,
and grant Thy gifts of grace below;
from chains of strife our souls release,
bind fast the gentle bands of peace.
Praesta, Pater piissime,
Patrique compar Unice,
cum Spiritu Paraclito
regnans per omne saeculum.
Grant this, O Father, ever One
with Christ, Thy sole-begotten Son,
Whom, with the Spirit we adore,
one God, both now and evermore.

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

The Thursday Office hymns, "from the Оctave of the Epiphany until the 1st Sunday in Lent"

Continuing on with these daily office hymns, from Hymn melodies for the whole year from the Sarum Service books, for Thursday the hymns are as follows:
From the Оctave of the Epiphany until the 1st Sunday in Lent - On Thursdays:
Mattins: Nox atra rerum contegit... ... ... 15
Lauds: Lux ecce surgit áurea... ... ... 17
Evensong: Magne Deus potencie... ... ... 20

The Thursday hymn for Mattins during this period is Nox atra rerum contegit; Hymn melodies prescribes it to be sung to melody #15:


The Liber Hymnarius has a version of this in Latin, sung to melody #15; click the arrow to listen to the mp3:
Nox atra rerum contegit (saec. VI-VII)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Melody: d e f g eg f e f
 Download H.IV, p. 201

TPL says this about the hymn:
This hymn is attributed to Pope St. Gregory the Great (540-604). The hymn is traditionally used at Thursday Matins. In the Liturgia Horarum it is the hymn for the Office of the Readings for Thursdays of the first and third weeks of the Psalter during Ordinary Time. Likewise it is found as the hymn for Thursday Matins in the Roman Breviary. 
Here are the words in Latin and English; the translation is by  Joseph William Chadwick (1841-1882).
NOX atra rerum contegit
terrae colores omnium:
nos confitentes poscimus
te, iuste iudex cordium,
THE DUSKY veil of night hath laid
the varied hues of earth in shade;
before Thee, righteous Judge of all,
we contrite in confession fall.
Ut auferas piacula
sordesque mentis abluas,
donesque, Christe, gratiam
ut arceantur crimina.
Take far away our load of sin,
our soiled minds make clean within:
Thy sovereign grace, O Christ impart,
from all offense to guard our heart.
Mens, ecce, torpet impia,
quam culpa mordet noxia;
obscura gestit tollere
et te, Redemptor, quaerere.
For lo! our mind is dull and cold,
envenomed by sin's baneful hold:
fain would it now the darkness flee,
and seek, Redeemer, unto Thee.
Repelle tu caliginem
intrinsecus quam maxime,
ut in beato gaudeat
se collocari lumine.
Far from it drive the shades of night,
its inmost darkness put to flight;
till in the daylight of the Blest
it joys to find itself at rest.
Sit, Christe, rex piissime,
tibi Patrique gloria
cum Spiritu Sancto Paraclito,
in sempiterna saecula. Amen.
Almighty Father, hear our cry,
through Jesus Christ, our Lord most High,
who with the Holy Ghost and Thee
doth live and reign eternally. Amen.


At Thursday Lauds during this period, the prescribed hymn is  Lux ecce surgit áurea, sung, according to Hymn melodies,  to melody #17:


LLPB offers this mp3 (in English) of Lux ecce surgit áurea sung to melody #17; they call it "Lo!  Golden Light Rekindles Day."

Here's TPL on this hymn:
Written by Prudentius (348-413). This hymn is taken from his Morning Hymn from his Cathemerinon. This hymn is a traditional morning hymn for Thursday Lauds and can be found there in the Roman Breviary. The Liturgia Horarum uses the same basic hymn, but cast in different form for Thursday Lauds for the first and third weeks of the Psalter. In the Liturgia Horarum, the title is Sol ecce surgit igneus. 

Here are the words in Latin and English; the translation - this is the set of words on the audio file, not the ones at TPL - is by Robert Martin Pope, 1906:
LUX ecce surgit aurea,
pallens facessat caecitas,
quae nosmet in praeceps diu
errore traxit devio.
LO! golden light rekindles day:
let paling darkness steal away,
which all too long o'erwhelmed our gaze
and led our steps by winding ways.
Haec lux serenum conferat,
purosque nos praestet sibi:
nihil loquamur subdolum:
Volvamus obscurum nihil.
We pray thee, rising Light serene,
e'en as thyself our hearts make clean;
let no deceit our lips defile,
nor let our souls be vexed by guile.
Sic tota decurrat dies,
ne lingua mendax, ne manus
oculive peccent lubrici,
Ne noxa corpus inquinet.
O keep us, as the hours proceed,
from lying word and evil deed;
our roving eyes from sin set free,
our body from impurity.
Speculator astat desuper,
Qui nos diebus omnibus,
actusque nostros prospicit
a luce prima in vesperum.
For thou dost from above survey
the converse of each fleeting day;
thou dost foresee from morning light
our every deed, until the night.
Deo Patri sit gloria,
eiusque soli Filio,
cum Spiritu Paraclito,
nunc et per omne saeculum.
All laud to God the Father be,
all praise, eternal Son, to thee;
all glory, as is ever meet,
to God the holy Paraclete.


At Thursday Vespers, the hymn prescribed by Hymn melodies during this period is Magne Deus potencie, sung to melody #20:


LLPB offers this mp3 (in English) of Magne Deus potencie; they call it  "Almighty God, Who From the Flood."   The melody on the mp3 is actually a different one than prescribed by Hymn Melodies - and I have no chant score of it.  If you wanted to use the prescribed melody, just use the chant score above; it's sung to the same tune as the Vespers hymns have been all week (for example, on this mp3 of Celi Deus sanctissime ("Most Holy Lord and God of Heaven"), the Wednesday Vespers hymn).

I may make up a chant score myself for this new tune, though; I like it.

One really interesting thing about the daily Vespers hymns is that they recapitulate the 7 days of Creation!    For instance, TPL says this about Magne Deus potencie:
Attributed to Pope St. Gregory the Great (540-604). This hymn continues with the theme of Creation present in the Vespers Hymns for the week. Here the work of the fifth day of creation (Thursday) chronicles the creation of the birds and fishes from the waters (Gen 1, 20-23). This hymn is traditionally sung at Thursday Vespers and is used in the Liturgia Horarum at Vespers for Thursday of the first and third weeks of the Psalter during Ordinary Time. Likewise the hymn is also found in the Roman Breviary for Thursday Vespers. 
Here are the words in Latin and English; the translation - again, this is the set of words on the audio file, not the ones at TPL - is by J.M. Neale.
MAGNAE Deus potentiae,
qui ex aquis ortum genus1
partim remittis2 gurgiti,
partim levas in aera.
ALMIGHTY GOD, who from the flood
Didst bring to light a twofold brood;
Part in the firmament to fly,
And part in ocean’s depths to lie;
Demersa lymphis imprimens,
subvecta caelis irrogans,3
ut, stirpe una prodita,4
diversa repleant loca:
Appointing fishes in the sea,
And fowls in open air to be,
That each, by origin the same,
Its separate dwelling place might claim:
Largire cunctis servulis,
quos mundat unda sanguinis,
nescire lapsus criminum,
nec ferre mortis taedium.
Grant that Thy servants, by the tide
Of blood and water purified,
No guilty fall from Thee may know,
Nor death eternal undergo.
Ut culpa nullum deprimat,
nullum levet5 iactantia,
elisa mens ne concidat,
elata mens ne corruat.
Be none submerged in sin’s distress,
None lifted up in boastfulness;
That contrite hearts be not dismayed,
Nor naughty souls in ruin laid.
Praesta, Pater piissime,
Patrique compar Unice,
cum Spiritu Paraclito
regnans per omne saeculum. Amen.
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.

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

The Wednesday Office hymns, "from the Оctave of the Epiphany until the 1st Sunday in Lent"

Continuing on with these daily office hymns, from Hymn melodies for the whole year from the Sarum Service books, for Wednesday the hymns are as follows:
From the Оctave of the Epiphany until the 1st Sunday in Lent - On Wednesdays:
Mattins: Rerum Creator optime... ... ... 15
Lauds: Nox et tenebre et nubila... ... ... 17
Evensong: Celi Deus sanctissime ... ... ... 20

The Wednesday hymn for Mattins during this period is Rerum Creator optime; Hymn melodies prescribes it to be sung to melody #15:


The Liber Hymnarius has a version of this in Latin, sung to melody #15; click the arrow to listen to the mp3:
Rerum creator optime (saec. VI?)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Melody: d e f g eg f e f
 Download H.IV, p. 198

TPL says this about the hymn:
Attributed to Pope St. Gregory the Great (540-604). This traditional Matins hymn is used in the Liturgia Horarum for the Office of the Readings for Wednesdays of the 1st and 3rd weeks of the Psalter during Ordinary Time. Likewise it is found as the Matins hymn for Wednesdays in the Roman Breviary. 
Here are the words in Latin and English; the translation is by John Henry Newman (1801-1890).
RERUM Creator optime,
rectorque noster, respice;
nos a quiete noxia
mersos sopore libera.
WHO madest all and dost control,
Lord, with Thy touch divine,
cast out the slumbers of the soul,
the rest that in not Thine.
Te, sancte Christe, poscimus;
ignosce tu criminibus,1
ad confitendum surgimus
morasque noctis rumpimus.
Look down, Eternal Holiness,
and wash the sins away,
of those, who, rising to confess,
outstrip the lingering day.
Mentes manusque tollimus,
Propheta sicut noctibus
nobis gerendum praecipit
Paulusque gestis censuit.
Our hearts and hands by night, O Lord,
we lift them in our need;
as holy Psalmists give the word,
and holy Paul the deed.
Vides malum quod gessimus;2
occulta nostra pandimus,
preces gementes fundimus;
dimitte quod peccavimus.
Each sin to Thee of years gone by,
each hidden stain lies bare;
we shrink not from Thine awful eye,
but pray that Thou wouldst spare.
Sit, Christe rex piissime,
tibi Patrique gloria
cum Spiritu Paraclito,
in sempiterna saecula. Amen.
Grant this, O Father, Only Son
and Spirit, God of grace,
to whom all worship shall be done
in every time and place. Amen.


At Wednesday Lauds during this period, the prescribed hymn is Nox et tenebre et nubila, sung, according to Hymn melodies,  to melody #17:


LLPB offers this mp3 (in English) of Nox et tenebre et nubila sung to melody #17; they call it "Ye Clouds and Darkness."

Here's TPL on this hymn:
This hymn is a cento from the Morning Hymn of the Cathemerinon of Prudentius (384-413). It is a traditional hymn for Lauds and is the hymn for Lauds for Wednesday for the 1st and 3rd weeks of the Psalter during Ordinary Time. Likewise it is found as the hymn for Wednesday Lauds in the Roman Breviary. 
Here are the words in Latin and English; the translation - this is the set of words on the audio file, not the ones at TPL - is anonymous: 
NOX et tenebrae et nubila,
confusa mundi et turbida,
lux intrat, albescit polus:
Christus venit; discedite.
YE clouds and darkness, hosts of night,
That breed confusion and affright,
Begone! o’erhead the dawn shines clear,
The light breaks in, and Christ is here.
Caligo terrae scinditur
percussa solis spiculo,
rebusque iam color redit
vultu nitentis sideris.
Earth’s gloom flees broken and dispersed,
By the sun’s piercing shafts coerced:
The day-star’s eyes rain influence bright,
And colors glimmer back to sight.
Sic nostra mox obscuritas
fraudisque pectus conscium,
ruptis retectum nubibus,
regnante pallescet Deo.
-
Te, Christe, solum novimus,
te mente pura et simplici
rogare curvato genu
flendo et canendo discimus.1
Thee, Christ, alone we know; to Thee
We bend in pure simplicity;
Our songs with tears to Thee arise;
Prove Thou our hearts with Thy clear eyes.
Intende nostris sensibus
vitamque totam dispice:
sunt multa fucis illita
quae luce purgentur tua.2
Though we be stained with blots within,
Thy quickening rays shall purge our sin;
Light of the Morning Star, Thy grace
Shed on us from Thy cloudless face.
Sit, Christe, rex piissime,
tibi Patrique gloria
cum Spiritu Paraclito,
in sempiterna saecula. Amen.
All laud to God the Father be,
All praise, eternal Son, to Thee;
All glory, as is ever meet,
To God the holy Paraclete.


At Wednesday Vespers, the hymn prescribed by Hymn melodies during this period is Celi Deus sanctissime, sung to melody #20:


LLPB offers this mp3 (in English) of Celi Deus sanctissime sung to this tune; they call it  "Most Holy Lord and God of Heaven."

One really interesting thing about the daily Vespers hymns is that they recapitulate the 7 days of Creation!    For instance, TPL says this about Celi Deus sanctissime:
Attributed to Pope St. Gregory the Great (540-604). This hymn continues with the theme of Creation present in the Vespers Hymns for Monday and Tuesday. Here the work of the fourth day, the creation of the heavenly bodies in the firmament, is chronicled (Gen 1, 14-19). This hymn is traditionally sung at Wednesday Vespers and is used in the Liturgia Horarum at Vespers for Wednesdays of the first and third weeks of the Psalter during Ordinary Time. Likewise the hymn is also found in the Roman Breviary for Wednesday Vespers. 
Here are the words in Latin and English; the translation - again, this is the set of words on the audio file, not the ones at TPL - is by Maurice Frederick Bell, 1906.
CAELI Deus sanctissime,
qui lucidum centrum poli1
candore pingis igneo
augens decori2 lumine.
MOST HOLY Lord and God of heaven,
who to the glowing sky hast given
the fires that in the east are born
with gradual splendors of the morn;:
Quarto die qui flammeam
solis rotam constituens,
lunae ministras ordini,
vagos recursus siderum,3
Who, on the fourth day, didst reveal
the sun's enkindled flaming wheel,
didst set the moon her ordered ways,
and stars their ever-winding maze;
Ut noctibus, vel lumini
diremptionis terminum,
primordiis et mensium
signum dares notissimum:
That each in its appointed way
might separate the night from day,
and of the seasons through the year
the well-remembered signs declare:
Illumina cor hominum,4
absterge sordes mentium,
resolve culpae vinculum,
everte moles criminum.
Illuminate our hearts within,
and cleanse our minds from stain of sin;
unburdened of our guilty load
may we unfettered serve our God.
Praesta, Pater piissime,
Patrique compar Unice,
cum Spiritu Paraclito
regnans per omne saeculum.
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.

Monday, January 13, 2014

The Tuesday Office hymns, "from the Оctave of the Epiphany until the 1st Sunday in Lent"

Continuing on with these daily office hymns, from Hymn melodies for the whole year from the Sarum Service books, for Tuesday the hymns are as follows:
From the Оctave of the Epiphany until the 1st Sunday in Lent - On Tuesdays:
Mattins: Consors Paterni luminis... ... ... 15
Lauds
: Ales diei nuncius ... ... ... 17
Evensong: Telluris ingens Conditor... ... ... 20

The Tuesday hymn for Mattins during this period is Consors Paterni luminis; Hymn melodies prescribes it to be sung to melody #15:
The Liber Hymnarius has a version of this in Latin, sung to melody #15; click the arrow to listen to the mp3:
Consors paterni luminis (saec. VI-VII)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Melody: d e f g eg f e f
Download H.IV, p. 196

TPL says this about the hymn:
Attributed to St. Ambrose (340-397), this hymn is traditionally used at Tuesday Matins. Today it is used for the Office of the Readings on Tuesdays of the first and third weeks of the Psalter of Ordinary Time. 
Here are the words in Latin and English; the translation is by Joseph William Chadwick (1841-1882) and John David Chambers (1805-1893):
CONSORS paterni luminis,
lux ipse lucis et dies,
noctem canendo rumpimus:
assiste postulantibus.
O LIGHT of light, O Dayspring bright,
coequal in Thy Father's light:
assist us, as with prayer and psalm
Thy servants break the nightly calm.
Aufer tenebras mentium,
fuga catervas daemonum,
expelle somnolentiam
ne pigritantes obruat.
All darkness from our minds dispel,
and turn to flight the hosts of Hell:
bid sleepfulness our eyelids fly,
lest overwhelmed in sloth we lie.
Sic, Christe, nobis omnibus
indulgeas credentibus,
ut prosit exorantibus
quod praecinentes psallimus.
Jesu, Thy pardon, kind and free,
bestow on us who trust in Thee:
and us Thy praises we declare,
O with acceptance hear our prayer.
Sit, Christe, rex piissime,
tibi Patrique gloria
cum Spiritu Paraclito
in sempiterna saecula. Amen.
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.


At Tuesday Lauds during this period, the prescribed hymn is Ales diei nuncius, sung, according to Hymn melodies,  to melody #17:


LLPB offers this mp3 (in English) of Ales diei nuncius sung to melody #17; they call it "The winged herald of the day."

Here's TPL on this hymn:
Written by Prudentius (348-413) who was born in Saragossa, Spain, of a wealthy family. After a brilliant public career, he retired from public life to lead a life of asceticism and devotion to God. It was then that he composed his poems which have earned him the reputation of being one of the first great Christian poets of the Latin West. This hymn is taken from his Hymnus ad Galli cantum (Hymn at Cockcrow), the first of the twelve hymns composing Prudentius' Cathemerinon, or Hymns for the Day. The Hymn at Cockcrow contains twenty-five verses and the hymn below is made up of verses 1,2, 6, 21, and 25. Ales diei nuntius is a traditional morning hymn for Tuesday Lauds and can be found in the Roman Breviary minus the third verse below. In the Liturgia Horarum it is used for the Thursday Office of the Readings for the second of fourth weeks of the Psalter during Ordinary Time. 
Here are the words in Latin and English; the translation is by J. M. Neale (1818-1866):
ALES diei nuntius
lucem propinquam praecinit:
nos excitator mentium
iam Christus ad vitam vocat.
THE WINGED herald of the day
proclaims the morn's approaching ray,
and Christ the Lord our soul excites,
and so to endless life invites.
<<Auferte, clamat, lectulos,
aegros, soporos, desides;
castique, recti ac sobrii
vigilate; iam sum proximus.>>
"Take up thy bed," to each He cries,
"who sick, or wrapped in slumber lies:
and chaste, and just, and sober stand
and watch; my coming is at hand."
Ut, cum coruscis flatibus
aurora caelum sparserit,
omnes labore exercitos
confirmet ad spem luminis.
-
Iesum ciamus vocibus
flentes, precantes, sobrii;
intenta supplicatio
dormire cor mundum vetat.
With earnest cry, with tearful care,
call we the Lord to hear our prayer:
while supplication, pure and deep,
forbids each chastened heart to sleep.
Tu, Christe, somnum disice,
tu rumpe noctis vincula,
tu solve peccatum vetus
novumque lumen ingere.
Do Thou, O Christ, our slumbers wake:
do Thou the chains of darkness break:
purge Thou our former sins away,
and in our souls new light display.
Sit, Christe, rex piissime,
tibi Patrique gloria
cum Spiritu Paraclito,
in sempiterna saecula. Amen.
All laud to God the Father be;
all praise, eternal Son, to Thee;
all glory as is ever meet,
to God the Holy Paraclete. Amen.


At Tuesday Vespers, the hymn prescribed by Hymn melodies during this period is Telluris ingens Conditor, sung to melody #20:


LLPB offers this mp3 (in English) of Telluris ingens Conditor sung to this tune; they call it  "Earth's Mighty Maker."

One really interesting thing about the daily Vespers hymns is that they recapitulate the 7 days of Creation!    For instance, TPL says this about Telluris ingens Conditor:
Attributed to Pope St. Gregory the Great (540-604). This hymn continues the theme found in Monday's Vesper Hymn, Immense caeli Conditor , namely the story of Creation as outlined in the first chapter of Genesis. Continuing on with the third day, the hymn chronicles the separation of the land from the water and the creation of every species of plant (Gen 1, 9-13.) This hymn is traditionally sung at Tuesday Vespers and is used in the Liturgia Horarum at Vespers for Tuesdays of the first and third weeks of the Psalter during Ordinary Time. Likewise the hymn is also found in the Roman Breviary for Tuesday Vespers under the title Telluris alme Conditor. 
Here are the words in Latin and English; the translation is anonymous:
TELLURIS ingens1 Conditor,
mundi solum qui eruens2,
pulsis aquae molestiis,
terram dedisti immobilem,
EARTH'S mighty Maker, whose command
raised from the sea the solid land;
and drove each billowy heap away,
and bade the earth stand firm for aye:
Ut germen aptum proferens,
fulvis decora floribus,
fecunda fructu sisteret
pastumque gratum redderet:
That so, with flowers of golden hue,
the seeds of each it might renew;
and fruit-trees bearing fruit might yield,
and pleasant pasture of the field:
Mentis perustae vulnera
munda virore gratiae,
ut facta fletu diluat,
motusque pravos atterat,
Our spirit's rankling wounds efface
with dewy freshness of Thy grace:
that grief may cleanse each deed of ill,
and o'er each lust may triumph still.
Iussis tuis obtemperet,
nullis malis approximet,
bonis repleri gaudeat,
et mortis actum3 nesciat.
Let every soul Thy law obey,
and keep from every evil way;
rejoice each promised good to win,
and flee from every mortal sin.
Praesta, Pater piissime,
Patrique compar Unice,
cum Spiritu Paraclito
regnans per omne saeculum. Amen.
Hear Thou our prayer, Almighty King!
hear Thou our praises, while we sing,
adoring with the heavenly host,
the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!

Sunday, January 12, 2014

The Monday Office hymns, "from the Оctave of the Epiphany until the 1st Sunday in Lent"

Continuing on with these daily office hymns, from Hymn melodies for the whole year from the Sarum Service books, for Monday the hymns are as follows:
From the Оctave of the Epiphany until the 1st Sunday in Lent - On Mondays:
Mattins: Somno refectis artubus... ... ... 15
Lauds: Splendor Paterne glorie... ... ... 17
Evensong: Immense celi Conditor... ... ... 20


The Monday hymn for Mattins during this period is Somno refectis artubus; Hymn melodies prescribes it to be sung to melody #15:
The Liber Hymnarius has a version of this in Latin, sung to melody #15; click the arrow to listen to the mp3:
Somno refectis artubus (saec. VI-VII)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Melody: d e f g eg f e f
Download H.IV, p. 190

TPL says this about the hymn:
Attributed to St. Ambrose (340-397). In the current Liturgia Horarum, this hymn is used for the Office of the Readings for Monday of the first and third weeks of the Psalter during Ordinary Time. Likewise it is used in the Roman Breviary for Monday Matins during the same period. 

Here are the words in Latin and English; the translation by J. M. Neale (1818-1866):
SOMNO refectis artubus,
spreto cubili, surgimus:
nobis, Pater, canentibus
adesse te deposcimus.
OUR limbs refreshed with slumber now,
and sloth cast off, in prayer we bow;
and while we sing Thy praises dear,
O Father, be Thou present here.
Te lingua primum concinat,
te mentis ardor ambiat,
ut actuum sequentium
tu, Sancte, sis exordium.
To Thee our earliest morning song,
to Thee our hearts' full powers belong;
and Thou, O Holy One, prevent
each following action and intent.
Cedant tenebrae lumini
et nox diurno sideri,
ut culpa, quam nox intulit,
lucis labascat munere.
As shades at morning flee away,
and night before the star of day;
so each transgression of the night
be purged by Thee, celestial Light!
Precamur iidem supplices
noxas ut omnes amputes,
et ore te canentium
lauderis in perpetuum. 1
Cut off, we pray Thee, each offense,
and every lust of thought and sense;
that by their lips who Thee adore
Thou mayest be praised forevermore.
Praesta, Pater piissime,
Patrique compar Unice,
cum Spiritu Paraclito
regnans per omne saeculum. Amen.
Grant this, O Father ever One
with Christ, Thy sole-begotten Son,
and Holy Ghost, whom all adore,
reigning and blest forevermore. Amen.



At Monday Lauds during this period, the prescribed hymn is Splendor paternae gloriae, sung, according to Hymn melodies,  to melody #17:

LLPB offers this mp3 (in English) of Splen­dor pa­ter­nae glor­i­ae sung to melody #17; they call it "O Splendor of God's Glory Bright."

Here's TPL on this hymn:
Written by St. Ambrose (340-397), this hymn is a companion hymn to his Aeternae rerum Conditor. Splendor paternae gloriae is a beautiful morning hymn asking for help and guidance throughout the day. It is directed to the Trinity, and especially to Christ as the light of the world. The hymn is traditionally sung at Monday Lauds and is used in the Liturgia Horarum at Lauds for Monday of the first and third weeks of the Psalter during Ordinary Time. 

Here are the words in Latin and English; the translation is by Poet Laureate Robert Bridges (1844-1930):
SPLENDOR paternae gloriae,
de luce lucem proferens,
lux lucis et fons luminis,
diem dies illuminans.
O splendor of God's glory bright,
O Thou that bringest light from light,
O Light of Light, light's Living Spring,
O Day, all days illumining.
Verusque sol, illabere
micans nitore perpeti,
iubarque Sancti Spiritus
infunde nostris sensibus.
O Thou true Sun, on us Thy glance
let fall in royal radiance,
the Spirit's sanctifying beam
upon our earthly senses stream.
Votis vocemus et Patrem,
Patrem perennis gloriae,
Patrem potentis gratiae,1
culpam releget lubricam.
The Father too our prayers implore,
Father of glory evermore,
the Father of all grace and might,
to banish sin from our delight:
Informet actus strenuos,
dentem retundat invidi,
casus secundet asperos,
donet gerendi gratiam.2
To guide whate'er we nobly do,
with love all envy to subdue,
to make ill-fortune turn to fair,
and give us grace our wrongs to bear.
Mentem gubernet et regat
casto, fideli corpore;3
fides calore ferveat,
fraudis venena nesciat.
Our mind be in His keeping placed,
our body true to Him and chaste,
where only faith her fire shall feed
to burn the tares of Satan's seed.
Christusque nobis sit cibus,
potusque noster sit fides;
laeti bibamus sobriam
ebrietatem Spiritus.4
And Christ to us for food shall be,
from Him our drink that welleth free,
the Spirit's wine, that maketh whole,
and mocking not, exalts the soul.
Laetus dies hic transeat;
pudor sit ut diluculum,
fides velut meridies,
crepusculum mens nesciat.
Rejoicing may this day go hence,
like virgin dawn our innocence,
like fiery noon our faith appear,
nor know the gloom of twilight drear.
Aurora cursus provehit:
Aurora totus prodeat,5
in Patre totus Filius
et totus in Verbo Pater. Amen.
Morn in her rosy car is borne:
let Him come forth our Perfect Morn,
the Word in God the Father One,
the Father perfect in the Son. Amen.


At Monday Vespers, the hymn prescribed by Hymn melodies during this period is Immense caeli conditor, sung to melody #20:


LLPB offers this mp3 (in English) of Immense caeli conditor sung to this tune; they call it  "O Great Creator of the Sky."

One really interesting thing about the daily Vespers hymns is that they recapitulate the 7 days of Creation!    For instance, TPL says this about Immense caeli conditor:
Attributed to Pope St. Gregory the Great (540-604). The theme of this traditional hymn for the second day of the week is fittingly the second day of creation on which the firmament was created (Gen 1, 6-8). The hymn is traditionally sung at Monday Vespers and is used in the Liturgia Horarum at Vespers for Mondays of the first and third weeks of the Psalter during Ordinary Time. Likewise the hymn is also found in the Roman Breviary for Monday Vespers. 

Here are the words in Latin and English; the translation is by J. M. Neale (1818-1866):
IMMENSE caeli conditor,
qui, mixta ne confunderent,
aquae fluenta dividens,
caelum dedisti limitem,
O GREAT CREATOR of the sky,
Who wouldest not the floods on high
with earthly water to confound,
but madist the firmament their bound;
Firmans locum caelestibus,
simulque terrae rivulis,
ut unda flammas temperet,
terrae solum ne dissipet:1
The floods above Thou didst ordain;
the floods below Thou didst restrain:
that moisture might attemper heat,
lest the parched earth should ruin meet.
Infunde nunc, piissime,
donum perennis gratiae,
fraudis novae ne casibus
nos error atterat vetus.
Upon our souls, good Lord, bestow
Thy gift of grace in endless flow:
lest some renewed deceit or wile
of former sin should us beguile.
Lucem fides inveniat,2
sic luminis iubar ferat;
haec vana cuncta terreat,3
hanc falsa nulla comprimant.
Let faith discover heavinly light;
so shall its rays direct us right:
and let this faith each error chase,
and never give to falsehood place.
Praesta, Pater piissime,
Patrique compar Unice,
cum Spiritu Paraclito
regnans per omne saeculum. Amen.
Grant this, O Father, ever One
with Christ, Thy sole-begotten Son,
and Holy Ghost, whom all adore,
reigning and blest forevermore. Amen.


Saturday, January 11, 2014

The Sunday Office hymns, "from the Оctave of the Epiphany until the 1st Sunday in Lent"

I'm finally getting around to posting all 21 of these Epiphanytide Office hymns!  I'm going to break the content into 7 posts, one for each day of the week, and each post containing the Mattins, Lauds, and Evensong hymns for that weekday.   Sarum used these different daily hymns only during Epiphanytide; other traditions, though, use them during the long "Ordinary Time" period "after Pentecost," too.

Starting with Sunday, from Hymn melodies for the whole year from the Sarum Service books:
From the Оctave of the Epiphany until the 1st Sunday in Lent - On Sundays:
Mattins: Primo dierum omnium ... ... ... 15
Lauds: Eterne rerum Conditor ... ... ... 17
Evensong: Lucis Creator optime ... ... ... 19


Hymn melodies prescribes Primo dierum omnium, the Sunday Mattins hymn for this period, to be sung to melody #15:



Liber Hymnarius offers an mp3 of this hymn sung to melody #15 (click the arrow image to play the mp3):
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Melody: d e f g eg f e f
Download H.IV, p. 182


TPL says, about Primo dierum omnium:
This hymn is attributed to Pope St. Gregory the Great (540-604) and there is good reason to think he may have written it. The ancient preface to St. Columban's Altus prosator describes the arrival of St. Gregory's messengers from Rome bearing gifts and a set of hymns for the Liturgy of the Hours. In turn, St. Columban sent a set of hymns he had composed to St. Gregory. There has been considerable debate of late as to whether St. Gregory really did write the hymn or if he simply sent what was current in Rome at the time. Considerable evidence can be put forth for both positions.

This traditional winter-time Sunday Matins hymn is used in the Liturgia Horarum for the Sunday Office of the Readings of the first and third weeks of the Psalter during Ordinary Time. The hymn below is the complete hymn, whereas in the Liturgia Horarum only the first four verses are used along with a different concluding verse. In the Roman Breviary the hymn has been heavily modified and appears as Primo die, quo Trinitas.

Here are the words in Latin and English; the translation is by J. M. Neale (1818-1866):
PRIMO dierum omnium,
quo mundus exstat conditus
vel quo resurgens conditor
nos, morte victa, liberat.
HAIL day! whereon the One in Three
first formed the earth by sure decree,
the day its Maker rose again,
and vanquished death, and burst our chain.
Pulsis procul torporibus,
surgamus omnes ocius,
et nocte quaeramus pium,
sicut Prophetam novimus.
Away with sleep and slothful ease!
We raise our hearts and bend our knees,
and early seek the Lord of all,
obedient to the Prophet's call:
Nostras preces ut audiat
suamque dexteram porrigat,
et hic piatos sordibus 1
reddat polorum sedibus,
That He may hearken to our prayer,
stretch forth His strong right arm to spare,
and every past offense forgiven,
restore us to our homes in heaven.
Ut quique sacratissimo
huius diei tempore
horis quietis psallimus,
donis beatis muneret.
Assembled here this holy day,
this holiest hour we raise the lay;
and O that He to whom we sing,
may now reward our offering!
Iam nunc, Paterna claritas,
te postulamus affatim:
absit libido sordidans,
omnisque actus noxius.
O Father of unclouded light,
keep us this day as in Thy sight,
in word and deed that we may be
from every touch of evil free.
Ne foeda sit, vel lubrica
compago nostri corporis,
per quam averni ignibus
ipsi crememur acrius.
That this our body's mortal frame
may know no sins, and fear no shame,
nor fire hereafter be the end
of passions which our bosoms rend.
Ob hoc, Redemptor, quaesumus,
ut probra nostra diluas:
vitae perennis commoda
nobis benignus conferas.
Redeemer of the world, we pray
that Thou wouldst was our sins away,
and give us, of Thy boundless grace,
the blessings of the heavenly place.
Quo carnis actu exsules
effecti ipsi caelibes,
ut praestolamur cernui,
melos canamus gloriae.
That we, thence exiled by our sin,
hereafter may be welcomed in:
that blessed time awaiting now,
with hymns of glory here we bow.
Praesta, Pater, piissime,
Patrique compar Unice,
cum Spiritu Paraclito
regnans per omne saeculum.
Most holy Father, hear our cry,
through Jesus Christ our Lord most High
who, with the Holy Ghost and Thee
doth live and reign eternally.


Next comes Eterne rerum Conditor, the Sunday Lauds hymn for this period; Hymn melodies prescribes it to be sung to melody #17:



Here's the hymn, sung to melody #17 by the Monks of Glenstal Abbey:



Liber Hymnarius has this one, too; again, click the arrow to play the mp3:
Aeterne rerum conditor, noctem diemque qui regis (Ambrosius)
Meter: 8.8.8.8

Download H.1, p. 184


TPL says, about Eterne rerum Conditor:
This hymn (minus the final doxology) was written by St. Ambrose (340-397). The hymn is filled with Scriptural allusions and is one of the finest hymns in the Liturgy. Formerly it was used in the Roman Breviary at Sunday Lauds after Epiphany until Lent, and then again from September 28 until November 26. Today the hymn is used in the Liturgy of the Hours (less verses five and six) for Sunday Lauds on the first and third Sundays of the Psalter during Ordinary Time.

Here are the words in Latin and English; the translation is by W J. Copeland (1804-1885):
AETERNE rerum conditor,
noctem diemque qui regis,
et temporum das tempora,
ut alleves fastidium;
MAKER of all, eternal King,
who day and night about dost bring:
who weary mortals to relieve,
dost in their times the seasons give:
Praeco diei iam sonat,
noctis profundae pervigil,
nocturna lux viantibus
a nocte noctem segregans.1
Now the shrill cock proclaims the day,
and calls the sun's awakening ray,
the wandering pilgrim' guiding light,
that marks the watches night by night.
Hoc excitatus lucifer
solvit polum caligine,
hoc omnis erronum chorus2
vias nocendi deserit.
Roused at the note, the morning star
heaven's dusky veil uplifts afar:
night's vagrant bands no longer roam,
but from their dark ways hie them home.
Hoc nauta vires colligit
pontique mitescunt freta,
hoc ipsa petra ecclesiae
canente culpam diluit.
The encouraged sailor's fears are o'er,
the foaming billows rage no more:
Lo! e'en the very Church's Rock
melts at the crowing of the cock.
Surgamus ergo strenue!
Gallus iacentes excitat,
et somnolentos increpat,
Gallus negantes arguit.
O let us then like men arise;
the cock rebukes our slumbering eyes,
bestirs who still in sleep would lie,
and shames who would their Lord deny.
Gallo canente spes redit,
aegris salus refunditur,
mucro latronis conditur,
lapsis fides revertitur.
New hope his clarion note awakes,
sickness the feeble frame forsakes,
the robber sheathes his lawless sword,
faith to fallen is restored.
Iesu, labantes respice,
et nos videndo corrige,
si respicis, lapsus cadunt,3
fletuque culpa solvitur.
Look in us, Jesu, when we fall,
and with Thy look our souls recall:
if Thou but look, our sins are gone,
and with due tears our pardon won.
Tu lux refulge sensibus,
mentisque somnum discute,
te nostra vox primum sonet
et ore psallamus tibi.4
Shed through our hearts Thy piercing ray,
our soul's dull slumber drive away:
Thy Name be first on every tongue,
to Thee our earliest praises sung.
Sit, Christe, Rex piissime,
tibi Patrique gloria
cum Spiritu Paraclito,
in sempiterna saecula. Amen.
All laud to God the Father be;
all praise, Eternal Son, to Thee;
all glory, as is ever meet,
to God the Holy Paraclete. Amen.


Finally, for Vespers, it's Lu­cis Cre­at­or op­ti­me, sung to melody #19:

LLPB  offers this mp3 (in English) of this hymn sung to melody #15 ; they call it "O Blest Creator of the Light."  

Here's TPL on Lu­cis Cre­at­or op­ti­me:
Attributed to Pope St. Gregory the Great (540-604), this hymn is used in the Roman Breviary at Vespers for Sundays after Epiphany and Sundays after Pentecost. In the Liturgia Horarum it is used for Sunday evening Vespers for Ordinary time for the first and third weeks of the Psalter. 
 
Here are the words in Latin and English; the translation is by J. M. Neale (1818-1866):
LUCIS Creator optime
lucem dierum proferens,
primordiis lucis novae,
mundi parans originem:
O BLEST Creator of the light,
Who mak'st the day with radiance bright,
and o'er the forming world didst call
the light from chaos first of all;
Qui mane iunctum vesperi
diem vocari praecipis:
tetrum chaos illabitur,1
audi preces cum fletibus.
Whose wisdom joined in meet array
the morn and eve, and named them Day:
night comes with all its darkling fears;
regard Thy people's prayers and tears.
Ne mens gravata crimine,
vitae sit exsul munere,
dum nil perenne cogitat,
seseque culpis illigat.
Lest, sunk in sin, and whelmed with strife,
they lose the gift of endless life;
while thinking but the thoughts of time,
they weave new chains of woe and crime.
Caeleste pulset ostium:2
vitale tollat praemium:
vitemus omne noxium:
purgemus omne pessimum.
But grant them grace that they may strain
the heavenly gate and prize to gain:
each harmful lure aside to cast,
and purge away each error past.
Praesta, Pater piissime,
Patrique compar Unice,
cum Spiritu Paraclito
regnans per omne saeculum. Amen.
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.