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Original Latin Text
texts
from the chants of
Hildegard von Bingen
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dedicated to Stl Disibodt
O viriditas digiti Dei
O viriditas digiti Dei
in qua Deus constituit plantationem,
que in excelso resplendet
ut statuta columna
tu gloriosa
in preparatione Dei.
Et o altitudo montis,
que numquam dissipaberis
in discretione Dei,
tu tamen stas a longe
ut exul,
sed non est in potestate armati,
qui te rapiat.
Tu gloriosa
in preparatione Dei.
Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto
Tu gloriosa
in preparatione Dei.
English Translation
texts
from the chants of
Hildegard von Bingen
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While Hildegard meant the
finger to be St. Disibod, I feel each human has the
potential to be God's finger on earth
O Life-green finger of God,
in you God has placed a garden.
You reflect heaven's eminent radiance
like a raised pillar.
You are glorious
as you perform God's deeds.
O sublime mountains,
which can never be made low
by the discretion of God.
Yet still you stand at a distance,
as if in exile,
But there is no armed power
which can tear you away.
You are glorious
as you perform God's deeds.
Glory to the One, the Body,
and to the Holy Spirit.
Glorious you are,
as you perform God's deeds.