Alleluia! O mediating branch | Alleluia!/ O mediating branch

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by Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179)

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Alleluia! O virga mediatrix

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG FRE

Alleluia!
O virga mediatrix,
Sancta viscera tua
Mortem superaverunt
Et venter tuus 
Omnes creaturas illuminavit
In pulchro flore 
De suavissima integritate
Clausi pudoris tui orto.

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 Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179), "Alleluia! O virga mediatrix" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Alleluia! O mediating branch", 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

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This text was added to the website: 2025-01-14
Line count: 9
Word count: 25

Alleluia! O mediating branch

Language: English after the Latin

Alleluia!
O mediating branch,
Your holy flesh 
Has overcome death 
And your womb
Has illuminated all creatures 
As a beautiful flower
Sprung from the sweetest innocence 
Of your cloistered modesty.

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a text in Latin by Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179)
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This text was added to the website: 2026-03-14
Line count: 9
Word count: 30