Before the Ending of the Day (適合睡前吟詠的詩歌)

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A quote from Common Worship: Services and Prayers for the Church of England, page 82 --- 以下取自英國聖公會所使用的 Common Worship 第 82 頁；該書第 81 至 87 頁是「寢前祈禱」An Order for Night Prayer (Compline):

Before the ending of the day,
Creator of the world, we pray
That you, with steadfast love, would keep
Your watch around us while we sleep.

From evil dreams defend our sight,
From fears and terrors of the night;
Tread underfoot our deadly foe
That we no sinful thought may know.

O Father, that we ask be done
Through Jesus Christ, your only Son;
And Holy Spirit, by whose breath
Our souls are raised to life from death.

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The same hymn in traditional language, which is seen on page 90, in the above-mentioned Common Worship; 這是上述詩歌的傳統版，見於 Common Worship 第 90 頁，該書第 88 至 98 頁是「寢前祈禱」的傳統版 An Order for Night Prayer (Compline) in Traditional Language:

Before the ending of the day,
Creator of the world we pray,
That with thy wonted favour thou
Wouldst be our guard and keeper now.

From all ill dreams defend our eyes,
From nightly fears and fantasies;
Tread underfoot our ghostly foe,
That no pollution we may 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.

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