O most noble verdure | O most noble verdure

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by Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179)

Translation © by Grant Hicks

O nobilissima viriditas

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG FRE

Responsorium
O nobilissima viriditas,
Quae radicas in sole,
Et quae in candida 
Serenitate luces in rota,
Quam nulla terrena 
Excellentia comprehendit,

Tu circumdata es amplexibus 
Divinorum mysteriorum.

Versus
Tu rubes ut aurora 
Et ardes ut solis flamma.

Text Authorship:

by Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Jodi Goble (b. 1974), "O nobilissima viriditas" [ soprano and piano ], from De Virginibus, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179), "O nobilissima viriditas" [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "O most noble verdure", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-01-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 37

O most noble verdure

Language: English after the Latin

Responsory
O most noble verdure,
who are rooted in the sun,
and who in bright 
serenity shine within a wheel,
which no earthly 
excellence can grasp,

you are compassed by the embrace
of the divine mysteries.

Verse
You redden like the dawn
and burn like a flame of the sun.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Latin by Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179)
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This text was added to the website: 2026-02-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 50