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by Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179)

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 (Sung text for setting by Hildegard von Bingen)
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Language: Latin 
Our translations:  ENG
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O ignee Spiritus, laus tibi sit,
qui in timpanis et citharis operaris.

Mentes hominum de te flagrant
et tabernacula animarum eorum
vires ipsarum continent.

Inde voluntas ascendit
et gustum anime tribuit,
et eius lucerna est desiderium.

Intellectus te in dulcissimo sono advocat
ac edificia tibi cum racionalitate parat,
que in aureis operibus sudat.

Tu autem semper gladium habes
illud abscidere quod noxiale pomum
per nigerrimum homicidium profert,

Quando nebula voluntatem et desideria tegit,
in quibus anima volat et undique circuit.

Sed mens est ligatura voluntatis et desiderii.

Cum vero animus se ita erigit,
quod requirit pupillam mali videre et maxillam nequicie,
tu eum citius in igne comburis cum volueris.

Sed et cum racionalitas se per mala opera ad prona declinat,
tu eam, cum vis, stringis et constringis et reducis
per infusionem experimentorum.

Quando autem malum ad te gladium suum educit,
tu illud in cor illius refringis
sicut in primo perdito angelo fecisti,
ubi turrim superbie illius in infernum deiecisti.

Et ibi aliam turrim
in publicanis et peccatoribus elevasti,
qui tibi peccata sua cum operibus suis confitentur.

Unde omnes creature que de te vivunt, te laudant,
quia tu preciosissimum ungentum es
fractis et fetidis vulneribus,
ubi illa in preciosissimas gemmas convertis.

Nunc dignare nos omnes ad te colligere
et ad recta itinera dirigere.
Amen.

Composition:

    Set to music by Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179), no title

Text Authorship:

  • by Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179)

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

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-08-01
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Word count: 213

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