O, resplendent night
May You lead me to dawn
And from dawn to day
And from day back to You.
To Aurora
Hoc precor, hunc illum nobis Aurora nitentem Luciferum roseis candida portet equis.
This I pray: Make our wish come true, O Aurora, shining star of first light, as you drive your rosy horses of Dawn.
Tibullus
To Apollo
Phoebe, fave: novus ingreditur tua templa sacerdos: huc age cum cithara carminibusque veni. Nunc te vocales impellere pollice chordas, nunc precor ad laudes flectere verba meas.
Give your favour, Phoebus, to a new priest who enters your temple. Be gracious, and with songs and lyre, come! When your fingers pluck the chords, and you give voice to song, I pray you may inspire my words into your praises.
Tibullus
