O Virtus Sapientiae

Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)

O virtus Sapientiae, O strength of Wisdom

quae circuiens circuisti who, circling, circled,
comprehendendo omnia enclosing all
in una via, quae habet vitam, in one lifegiving path,
tres alas h-bens, three wings you have:
quarum una in altum volat, one soars to the heights,
et altera de terra sudat, one distils its essence upon the earth,
et tertia undique volat. and the third is everywhere.
Laus tibi sit, sicut te decet, Praise to you, as is fitting,
O Sapientia. O Wisdom.
Translation by Kate Quartano Brown

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Edited by Cheryl Lynn Helm, 2004