Te lucis ante terminum,
rerum Creator, poscimus,
ut solita clementia,
sis praesul et custodiam.
Procul recedant somnia,
et noctium phantasmata:
hostemque nostrum comprime,
ne polluantur corpora.
Praesta, Pater omnipotens,
per Iesum Christum Dominum,
qui tecum in perpetuum
regnat cum Sancto Spiritu.

To thee, before the end of the light,
Creator of all things, we pray, that thy accustomed mercy may be our protector and keeper.

Let dreams depart from us, and the phantoms of night, and restrain our enemy, that our bodies may not be polluted.

Grant this, all-powerful Father, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee in eternity reigns with the Holy Spirit.