O Night of Awaking

Mediæ nocte, mediæ nocte, audi cælum, stellæ cadentes jam revelent.

In holy glow the child lies still, I kneel as witness,

heart a-thrill. Cold night, ease owls in mercy's thrill, a

breath of love the silence fills abroad. O night of awaking,

the lost return, the heavens sing. A child of light in manger low

has taught this heart the way to go. Lumen, lumen,

oh, an eye, a lumen, lumen, oh,

an eye, a light. Mediæ nocte, mediæ nocte,