After lunch - Po Chü-i

After lunch–one short nap;
On waking up–two cups of tea.

Thee, O Christ, the Father’s splendor - Rabanus Maurus

Thee, O Christ, the Father’s splendor,
Life and virtue of the heart,
In the presence of the angels
Sing we now with tuneful art,
Meetly in alternate chorus,
Bearing our responsive part.

Spring Beginning - Po Chü-i

The snow melts, days are each time hotter,

Hymn for the Nativity - Notker Balbulus

Before the ages and the stars of morn

The ever-living Son of God was born;

Whom, as their Maker, heaven and earth adore,

- And the wide ocean sings from shore to shore,

The Colour of Life - Ssu-K’ung T’u

Would that we might for ever stay

The rainbow glories of the world,

The blue of the unfathomed sea,

The rare azalea late unfurled,

O Saviour, Fount of heavenly life - Rabanus Maurus

O Saviour, Fount of heavenly life, 

Assist us in our earthly strife; 

Thou pitying Virgin, hear our cries, 

And raise us from our miseries. 

O unity of threefold light - Metrophanes of Smyrna

O unity of threefold light, 

Send out thy loveliest ray. 

And scatter our transgression's night, 

And turn it into day! 

The Adieu - Abou Mohammed

The boatmen shout, "'Tis time to part,

No longer can we stay;"—

'Twas then Maimuna taught my heart 

How much a glance could say.

The Alleluiatic Sequence - Notker Balbulus

Come, let us all sing out the song of praise, 

Swelling in thanks to our eternal Lord, 

Alleluia!

Lay she naked in the sea - Anonymous

Lay she naked in the sea

All the salt would sweetened be.

Showed she in the sunset West

Eastward-praying Christian even

Would look back and think it best

So to gaze and lose his heaven.

Jaafer Ben Alba - On the Battle of Sabla

Sabla, thou saw'st th' exulting foe

In fancied triumphs crown'd; 

Thou heard'st their frantic females throw

These galling taunts around:

O soothe thy servants' woes, and bring (Placare Christe Servulis) - Rabanus Maurus

O soothe thy servants' woes, and bring 

Our souls to thee, most clement King; 

We seek before thy mercy seat 

The Virgin's intercession sweet. 

Favour and disgrace are meaningless - Wu Cailan

Favour and disgrace are meaningless —

What's the use of contending?

The Battle of Hafur's Bay - Hornklofi

Loud in Hafur’s echoing bay 

Heard ye the battle fiercely bray, 

’Twixt Kiotva rich, and Harald bold! 

Eastward sail the ships of war; 

The graven bucklers gleans afar,  

And monsterous heads adorn the prows of gold. 

Mountains of Ōmi - Ōtomo no Kuronushi

Mountains of Ōmi—

Ah, how it rises full upright,

The Mirror Mountain,

In the midst of life, behold - Notker Balbulus

In the midst of life, behold

Death has girt us round.

Whom for help then shall we pray,

Where shall grace be found?

Lines to Haroun and Yahia - Isaac Al Mouseli

Th' affrighted sun ere while he fled,
    And hid his radiant face in night;
A cheerless gloom the world o'erspread
    But Haroun came and all was bright.

Kill Me, My Faithful Friends - Mansur Al-Hallaj

Kill me, my faithful friends,
For in my being killed is my life.

O Jesus, Joy of Angel Choirs - Rabanus Maurus

O Jesus, joy of angel choirs.
Thou Sire and Saviour of the race,
Illume our souls with pure desires,
And lead us heavenward by thy grace.

Vesper Hymn for All Saints - Rabanus Maurus

O soothe thy servants' woes, and bring
Our souls to thee, most clement King;
We seek before thy mercy seat
The Virgin's intercession sweet.