Translation of the song Te lucis ante terminum (from a Florentine Laudario) artist Thomas Tallis

Te, lucis ante terminum,

To thee before the close of day,

Rerum Creator, poscimus,

Creator of the world, we pray

Ut pro tua clementia

That, with thy wonted favor, thou

Sis praesul et custodia.

Wouldst be our guard and keeper now.

Procul recedant somnia,

From all ill dreams defend our sight,

Et noctium phantasmata;

From fears and terrors of the night;

Hostemque nostrum comprime,

Withhold from us our ghostly foe,

Ne polluantur corpora.

That spot of sin we may not know.

Deo Pater, sit gloria,

O Father, that we ask be done,

Et Filio, qui a mortuis

Through Jesus Christ, thine only Son,

Surrexit, ac paraclito

Who, with the Holy Ghost and thee,

In sempiterna saecula.

Doth live and reign eternally.