A cluster of henna in the vineyards of Engedi
A cluster of henna is my beloved to me in the vineyards of Engedi. Henna is flower and fragrance and medicine; Engedi a place of ointments. Christ is both the fragrance of life and the medicine of wounds and the cluster of new wine. In the vineyards of Engedi: in the churches where the Spirit’s ointments are compounded.
Latin
Botrus cypri dilectus meus mihi in vineis Engaddi. Cyprus flos et odor et medicina; Engaddi locus unguentorum. Christus et odor vitae et medicina vulnerum et botrus vini novi. In vineis Engaddi: in ecclesiis ubi unguenta Spiritus conficiuntur.
About this text
Origen’s Commentary on the Song of Songs, Liber II (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–20.
English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII (GCS 33, 1925), Rufinus’s Latin of Commentary Liber II. Lawson ACW 26 was not used as wording. This page is Liber II §§1–20 (closeout).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII = GCS 33 (1925) (Latin · Commentary Liber II §§1–20)
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