by Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179)
O dulcissime amator
Language: Latin
O dulcissime amator, o dulcissime amplexator: Adiuva nos custodire virginitatem nostram. Nos sumus orte in pulvere, heu, heu, et in crimine Ade. Valde durum est contradicere quod habet gustus pomi. Tu erige nos, Salvator Christe. Nos desideramus ardenter te sequi. O quam grave nobis miseris est te immaculatum et innocentem regem angelorum imitari. Tamen confidimus in te, quod tu desideres gemmam requirere in putredine. Nunc advocamus te, sponsum et consolatorem, qui nos redemisti in cruce. In tuo sanguine copulate sumus tibi cum desponsatione, repudiantes virum et eligentes te, Filium Dei. O pulcherrima forma, o suavissime odor desiderabilium deliciarum, semper suspiramus post te in lacrimabili exilio. Quando te videamus et tecum maneamus? Nos sumus in mundo et tu in mente nostra, et amplectimur te in corde quasi habeamus te presentem. Tu fortissimus leo rupisti celum, descendens in aulam Virginis, et destruxisti mortem, edificans vitam in aurea civitate. Da nobis societatem cum illa et permanere in te, o dulcissime sponse, qui abstraxisti nos de faucibus diaboli, primum parentem nostrum seducentis.
Text Authorship:
- by Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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 dulcissime amator" [ soprano and piano ], from De Virginibus, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2025-10-09
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