O quam mirabilis est (Hildegard von Bingen)

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Editor: Allison Mondel (submitted 2022-01-24).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transcribed from Riesencodex f.466r-f.466v. One has to give his full name and e-mail address to see the file.

General Information

Title: O quam mirabilis est
Composer: Hildegard von Bingen
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: unison
Genre: SacredAntiphon

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published:
Description: Antiphon for the Creator

External websites:

Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

O quam mirabilis est
prescientia divini pectoris
que prescivit omnem creaturam.
Nam cum Deus inspexit
faciem hominis quem formavit,
omnia opera sua
in eadem forma hominis
integra aspexit.
O quam mirabilis est inspiratio
que hominem sic suscitavit.

English.png English translation

Oh how miraculous is
the foreknowing of the holy heart
which anticipated all creation.
For when God looked into
the face of the human he had created
he saw fulfilled
all of his works
in that same human form.
O how miraculous is the inspiration
which kindles human life.

Translation by Hugh McElroy