12th-Century Hymns. Composed By: Hildegard von Bingen. Sung By: Ensemble Vocatrix.

12th-Century Hymns.

“O viridissima virga”.

“O frondens virga”.

“O quam mirabilis”.

“O virga ac diadema”.

“O viriditas digiti dei”.

Composed By: Hildegard von Bingen.

Sung By: Ensemble Vocatrix.

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Text for “O Viridissima Virga” is from

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF 

HILDEGARD VON BINGEN STUDIES

Song to The Virgin.

By: Hildegard von Bingen.

O viridissima virga,

ave, que in ventoso flabro sciscitationis

sanctorum prodisti.

Cum venit tempus quod tu floruisti in ramis tuis,

ave, ave fuit tibi, quia calor solis in te sudavit

sicut odor balsami.

Nam in te floruit

pulcher flos qui odorem dedit

omnibus aromatibus que arida erant.

Et illa apparuerunt omnia in viriditate plena.

Unde celi dederunt rorem super gramen

et omnis terra leta facta est,

quoniam viscera ipsius frumentum

protulerunt et quoniam volucres celi nidos

in ipsa habuerunt.

Deinde facta est esca hominibus

et gaudium magnum epulantium.

Unde, o suavis Virgo, 

in te non deficit ullum gaudium.

Hec omnia Eva contempsit.

Nunc autem laus sit Altissimo.

O branch of freshest green,

O hail! Within the windy gusts of saints

upon a quest you swayed and sprouted forth.

When it was time, you blossomed in your boughs — 

“Hail, hail!” you heard, for in you seeped the sunlight’s warmth like balsam’s sweet perfume.

For in you bloomed

so beautiful a flow’r, whose fragrance 

wakened all the spices from their dried-out stupor.

And they all appeared in full viridity.

Then rained the heavens dew upon the grass

and all the earth was cheered, for from her womb 

she brought forth fruit and for the birds up in the 

sky have nests in her.

Then was prepared that food for 

humankind, the greatest joy of feasts ! 

O Virgin sweet, in you can ne’er fail any joy.

All this Eve chose to scorn.

But now, let praise ring forth unto the Highest !

The following Text in Blue is from ALL POETRY.

This Poem is a Mediæval Hymn that Celebrates 

The Virgin Mary and her role in Salvation History. 

The Poet uses vivid imagery and symbolism to depict Mary as a Verdant Branch that has brought forth The Flower of Christ. 

The Poem also draws parallels between Mary and the 

Earth, suggesting that Mary’s birth of Christ has renewed the Earth and brought joy to all Creation.

Compared to the author’s other works, this Poem is 

relatively simple in its language and structure, using straightforward and unadorned language. 

However, it still conveys a deep sense 

of Devotion and Reverence for Mary. 

This Poem is typical of Mediæval Religious Poetry, 

which often used allegorical language 

and symbolism to express Spiritual Concepts.

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia,

unless stated otherwise.

Hildegard of Bingen OSB (1098 – 17 September 1179), also known as the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine Abbess and Polymath, active as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and as a medical writer and practitioner during the High Middle Ages.[1][2] 

She is one of the best-known composers of Sacred Monophony, as well as the most recorded in modern history.[3] 

She has been considered by a number of scholars to be the Founder of scientific natural history in Germany.[4]