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Original Latin Text

texts from the chants of
Hildegard von Bingen
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O clarissima Mater

O clarissima Mater sancte medicine,
tu unguenta per sanctum Filium tuum
infudisti in plangentia vulnera mortis,
que Eva edificavit in tormenta animarum.

Tu destruxisti mortem
edificando vitam.

Ora pro nobis ad tuum Natum,
stella maris, Maria.

O vivificum instrumentum
et letum ornamentum
et dulcedo omnium deliciarum,
que in te non deficient.

Ora pro nobis ad tuum Natum,
stella maris, Maria.

Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto.

Ora pro nobis ad tuum Natum,
stella maris, Maria.

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English Translation

texts from the chants of
Hildegard von Bingen
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O luminous shining Mother

 

O luminous shining Mother of sacred healing,
through your holy Son you poured your salve
upon the wailing wounds of death,
which Eve opened as torments for our souls.

You destroyed this death,
allowing life to come forth.

Pray for us through your child,
Mary, star of the sea.

O instrument of life
and ornament of joy,
the sweetness of all delights i
is forever within you.

Pray for us through your child,
Mary, star of the sea.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit

Pray for us through your child,
Mary, star of the sea.