1a. O Ecclesia,
oculi tui similes saphiro sunt,
et aures tue monti Bethel,
et nasus tuus est
sicut mons mirre et thuris,
et os tuum quasi sonus
aquarum multarum.
1b. In visione vere fidei
Ursula Filium Dei amavit
et virum cum hoc seculo reliquit
et in solem aspexit
atque pulcherrimum iuvenem vocavit,
dicens:
2. In multo desiderio desideravi ad te venire
et in celestibus nuptiis tecum sedere,
per alienam viam ad te currens
velut nubes que in purissimo aere
currit similis saphiro.
3a. Et postquam Ursula sic dixerat,
rumor iste per omnes populos exiit.
3b. Et dixerunt:
Innocentia puellaris ignorantie
nescit quid dicit.
4a. Et ceperunt ludere cum illa
in magna symphonia,
usque dum ignea sarcina
super eam cecidit.
4b. Unde omnes cognoscebant
quia contemptus mundi est
sicut mons Bethel.
5. Et cognoverunt etiam
suavissimum odorem mirre et thuris,
quoniam contemptus mundi
super omnia ascendit.
6a. Tunc diabolus membra sua invasit,
que nobilissimos mores
in corporibus istis occiderunt.
6b. Et hoc in alta voce
omnia elementa audierunt
et ante thronum Dei dixerunt:
7a. Wach! rubicundus sanguis innocentis agni
in desponsatione sua effusus est.
7b. Hoc audiant omnes celi
et in summa symphonia laudent Agnum Dei,
quia guttur serpentis antiqui
in istis margaritis
materie Verbi Dei suffocatum est. |
1a. O Church,
your eyes are like sapphires
and your ears like Mount Bethel
and your nose
like a mountain of myrrh and incense
and your mouth like the sound
of many waters.
1b. In a vision of true faith
Ursula loved the Son of God
and she left man behind with this world
and looked into the sun
and called to that most beautiful young man,
saying:
2. “In great desire have I longed to come to you
and to settle with you in heavenly marriage,
running to you by an unfamiliar path
like a cloud that runs in the purest,
sapphire-blue sky.”
3a. And after Ursula said this,
a murmur spread around all the people.
3b. They said:
“In the ignorance of her girlish innocence,
she knows not what she says.”
4a. And they began to mock her
in a chorus of jeers
right until a burning heap
fell on top of her.
4b. That is how they came to know
that the rejection of this world
is like Mount Bethel.
5. And they made the acquaintance
of the gorgeous scent of myyrh and frankincense,
since the rejection of this world
rises above everything.
6a. Then the devil crept into their limbs
which killed the righteous habits
in those bodies.
6b. And all flesh and matter
heard this in a lofty voice
and before the throne of God, they said:
7a. “Woe! The crimson blood of the innocent lamb
is poured out in this engagement.”
7b. The whole heavens heard this
and honored the Lamb of God in the celestial choirs,
because the throat of the ancient serpent
was stopped up with these pearls
of the substance of the Word of God. |
