What once was dark sky, adorned with stars Recedes beneath your silver cart Illa cantat: nos tacemus Your snow-white horses pull at the reins The dark above is your domain Illa cantat: nos tacemus You rose from below the ocean You shone your light On seas so blue You rode the night path on high You have entranced thee Your witching eyes Your radiance, a gentle glow Your softened rays light this world below Illa cantat: nos tacemus The shadows dance, the night birds sing Within the darkness, their echoes ring Illa cantat: nos tacemus You rose from the below the ocean You shone your light On seas so blue You rode the night path on high You have entranced thee Your witching eyes Huc uires tuas intende: sic te lucidi uultus ferant et nube rupta cornibus puras eas sic te regentem frena nocturni aetheris detrahere numquam Thessali cantus queant nullusque de te gloriam pastor ferat