I intend to remake this hymn slightly to clarify my own intentions with it.
I found it in the Morning Prayer on the Universalis app just now.
Hymn
”This hymn dates from the 7th or 8th century and is by an unknown author. It is a joyful, simple celebration of the hope which leads us to look forward to the time when an eternal and definitive day will dawn.”
Auróra iam spargit polum,
terris dies illábitur,
lucis resúltat spículum:
discédat omne lúbricum.
Iam vana noctis décidant,
mentis reátus súbruat,
quicquid ténebris hórridum
nox áttulit culpæ, cadat,
Ut mane illud últimum,
quod præstolámur cérnui,
in lucem nobis éffluat,
dum hoc canóre cóncrepat.
Deo Patri sit glória
eiúsque soli Fílio
cum Spíritu Paráclito,
in sempitérna sǽcula. Amen.
It were my soul’s desire
To see the face of God;
It were my soul’s desire
To rest in his abode.
Grant, Lord, my soul’s desire,
Deep waves of cleansing sighs,
Grant, Lord, my soul’s desire,
From earthly cares to rise.
It were my soul’s desire
To imitate my King,
It were my soul’s desire
His endless praise to sing.
It were my soul’s desire,
When heaven’s gate is won,
To find my soul’s desire,
Clear shining like the sun.
This still my soul’s desire,
Whatever life afford,
To gain my soul’s desire
And see thy face, O Lord.