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Original Latin Text

texts from the chants of
Hildegard von Bingen
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In Matutinis Laudibus

 

Studium divinitatis
in laudibus excelsis osculum pacis
Ursule virgini cum turba sua
in omnibus populis dedit.

Unde quocumque venientes perrexerunt,
velut cum gudio celestis paradisi
suscepte sunt,
quia in religione morum honorifice
apparuerunt.

 

De patria etiam earum et de aliis regionibus
viri religiosi et sapientes ipsis adiuncti sunt,
que eas in virginea custodia servabant,
et qui eis in omnibus ministrabant.

 

Deus enim in prima muliere presignavit,
ut mulier a viri custodia nutriretur.

Aer enim volat
et cum omnibus creaturis officia sua exercet,
et firmamentum eum sustinet,
ac aer in viribus istius pascitur.

Et ideo puelle iste
per summum virum sustentabantur,
vexillate in regali prole virginee nature

Deus enim rorem in illas misit,
de quo multiplex fama crevit,
ita quod omnes populi exhac honorabili fama
velut cibum gustabant.

Se diabolus in invidia
sua instud irrisit,
qua nullum opus Dei
intactum dimisit.

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English Translation

texts from the chants of
Hildegard von Bingen
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8 Antiphons for St. Ursula

 

Divine devotion
bestowed the kiss of Peace
upon the Virgin Ursula,
with her flock,
and before all people.

And thus,
wherever they went they were welcomed,
for the joy of the celestial paradise,
which they received,
was the honor of their religious life,
made manifest.

From their homeland and from other lands
religious men and sages joined them,
keeping them in holy care,
and ministering to them in all ways.

 

Therefore God in the first woman foretold
that woman by man is protected and so nourished.

Even as the air flies,
attending to all creatures,
so too does the firmament of heaven sustain it,
and the air is nourished through this enfoldment

And for that reason these young girls
were sustained by the supreme man
for their holy nature is the standard of royal descent.

For truly God showered them in a dew,
from which grew many aspects of fame,
thus all people partook of this honorable fame
as nourishment.

But the devil in his envy
mocked that of the Divine,
thus none of God's works
remained unspoilt.