O Christ come among men - Synesius of Cyrene

O Christ come among men

as source of light,

Your ineffable birth

is before the beginning of time.

You are the radiant light shining with the Father.

You irradiate lusterless matter

and illumine the souls of the faithful.

You have created the world

and fixed the orbit of the stars;

You sustain the axis of the earth,

You save all mankind.

You guide the sun in its course

to light up all our days

and the crescent moon

which dispels the darkness of night.

You make the seed to sprout

preparing food for the flocks.

From your inexhaustible fount

You pour out the splendour of life

making fruitful the whole universe.