O quam magnum miraculum (Hildegard von Bingen)

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• (Posted 2022-02-03)  CPDL #67859: 

Editor: Allison Mondel (submitted 2022-02-03).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Antiphon for the Virgin. One has to give his full name and e-mail address to see the file.

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Title: O quam magnum miraculum
Composer: Hildegard von Bingen
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: unison
Genre: Sacred, Antiphon

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

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Original text and translations

Latin text O quam magnum miraculum est quod in subditam femineam formam rex introivit. Hoc Deus fecit quia humilitas super omnia ascendit. Et o quam magna felicitas est in ista forma, quia malicia, que de femina fluxit hanc femina postea detersit et omnem suavissimum odorem virtutum edificavit ac celum ornavit plus quam terram prius turbavit.

English translation Oh what a great miracle that the king entered into the humble body of a woman. God did this because lowliness rises above everything. And O! what incredible blessing there is in that body since the ills that flowed from a woman [Eve] a woman [Mary] later wiped clean and raised up the sweetest scent of all the virtues and adorned heaven, even more than she [Eve] had cast the Earth into disorder. Translation by Hugh McElroy