XLI. O nobilissima viriditas (Item de virginibus)
Greenness Rooted in the Sun
Hildegard addresses the noble greenness of virginal life as rooted in the sun and held within divine mysteries.
Response: O most noble greenness, you who are rooted in the sun and who shine in bright serenity within the wheel, which no earthly excellence can grasp. You are surrounded by the embraces of divine mysteries.
Blushing Dawn and Burning Flame
The verse then intensifies the image, comparing virginal life to the dawn's blush and the sun's flame, again enclosed by divine mystery.
Verse: you blush like the dawn and burn like the flame of the sun. You are surrounded by the embraces of divine mysteries.
Read the original Latin
Responsum: O nobilissima viriditas, que radicas in sole et que in candida serenitate luces in rota, quam nulla terrena excellencia comprehendit. Tu circumdata es amplexibus divinorum mysteriorum. Versus: Tu rubes ut aurora et ardes ut solis flamma. Tu circumdata es amplexibus divinorum mysteriorum.
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