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O Rubor Sanguinis

by Hildegard of Bingen

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O Rubor Sanguinis
Latin source: Anon.

O rubor sanguinis,
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

O bloody red
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
International Society of Hildegard von Bingen Studies
www.hildegard-society.org

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.

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