Text & Translation
O Rubor Sanguinis
Latin source:
Anon.
qui de excelso illo fluxisti
quod divinitas tetigit: tu flos es
quem hyems de flatu serpentis
numquam lesit.
O bloody red
English translation ©
Nathaniel M. Campbell
that flowed from up that height
divinity has touched: a bloom you are
that winter with the serpent’s blast
has never marred.
Translation - Nathaniel M. Campbell
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O Rubor Sanguinis
Latin source:
Anon.
O bloody red
English source:
Nathaniel M. Campbell
O rubor sanguinis,
O bloody red
qui de excelso illo fluxisti
that flowed from up that height
quod divinitas tetigit: tu flos es
divinity has touched: a bloom you are
quem hyems de flatu serpentis
that winter with the serpent’s blast
numquam lesit.
has never marred.
