Hildegard von Bingen: O ignis Spiritus Paracliti (O fire of the Spirit, the Comforter)
O ignis Spiritus Paracliti,
vita vite omnis creature,
sanctus es vivificando formas.
Sanctus es, ungendo periculose fractos,
sanctus es, tergendo fetida vulnera.
O spiraculum sanctitatis, o ignis caritatis,
o dulcis gustus in pectoribus
et infusio cordium in bono odore virtutum.
O fons purissimus, in quo consideratur
quod Deus alienos colligit et perditos requirit.
O lorica vite, et spes compaginis membrorum omnium
et o cingulum honestatis: salva beatos:
Custodi eos qui carcerati sunt ab inimico,
et solve ligatos, quos divina vis salvare vult.
O iter fortissimum, quod penetravit omnia
in altissimis et in terrenis et in omnibus abyssis,
tu omnes componis et colligis.
De te nubes fluunt, ether volat, lapides humorem habent,
aque revulos educunt et terra viriditatem sudat.
Tu etiam semper educis doctos,
per inspirationem Sapientie letificatos.
Unde laus tibi sit, qui es sonus laudis et gaudium vite,
spes et honor fortissimus, dans premia lucis.
(O fire of the Spirit, the Comforter,
life of the life of every creature,
holy are you, giving life to the forms.
Holy are you, anointing the dangerously broken,
holy are you, cleansing the fetid wounds.
O breath of sanctity, o fire of charity,
o sweet goodness in the breast
that infuses hearts with the good fragrance of virtues.
O fountain most pure, in which it is seen
that God gathers the strangers and seeks out the lost.
O breastplate of life and hope of the frame of all the members,
and o swordbelt of honor: save the blessed:
Guard those who are imprisoned by the enemy,
and release the bound, whom divine force wishes to save.
O course most mighty, which penetrates all things
in the heights and on the earth and in all abysses,
you reconcile and gather all people.
From you the clouds flow, the ether flies, stones possess moisture,
waters put forth streams, and the earth springs in greenness.
You also continuously instruct the learned,
made glad by the inspiration of Wisdom.
Hence praise be to you, who are the sound of praise and the joy of life,
a hope and a most powerful honor, giving rewards of light.)
