Chapter 13OrdV.1.13
Infelix, Anima
The Soul's Distress and Desire to Cast Off
The unhappy soul cries out in confusion, laments its inability to sustain what it has been clothed in, and resolves to cast it off.
I don't know what to do or where to flee! Woe is me — I can't carry through on what I've been clothed in. I certainly want to cast it off!
Read the original Latin
O nescio quid faciam, aut ubi fugiam! O ve michi, non possum perficere hoc quod sum induta. Certe illud volo abicere!
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