The Delphic Oracle | This work will not be slow in coming, but should always be held in a quiet mind

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

Sibylla Delphica

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG FIN FRE

Nun tarde veniet, tacita sed mente tenendum
Hoc opus, hoc memori semper, qui corde reponet,
Huius pertendant cor gaudia magna Prophetae
Eximii, qui virginea conceptus ab alvo
Prodibit, sine contactu maris omnia vincit
Hoc naturae opera, at fecit, qui cuncta gubernat.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from a medieval compilation of Jewish, Christian and pagan sources. [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 Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594), "Sibylla Delphica", published 1578, from Prophetiae Sibyllarum, no. 4. [
text verified 1 time
]

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

FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , title unknown, copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Sibylle de Delphes", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "The Delphic Oracle", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 41

The Delphic Oracle

Language: English after the Latin

This work will not be slow in coming, but should always be held in a quiet mind;
he who will always keep it in his memory and his heart, 
to his heart will proceed the great joy of an outstanding prophet,
who, conceived without contact with a man, will go forth
from a virgin womb: this overcomes all the works of nature; 
and he who reigns over all things has done this.

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Based on:

a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , from a medieval compilation of Jewish, Christian and pagan sources.
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This text was added to the website: 2012-05-18
Line count: 6
Word count: 72