Left hand under my head; I adjure you
His left hand under my head, and his right hand will embrace me. The left is dispensation of temporal things; the right gift of eternal things. I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and stags of the field, not to raise or awaken the beloved until she please.
Latin
Sinistra eius sub capite meo, et dextera illius amplexabitur me. Sinistra temporalium dispensatio; dextera aeternorum donatio. Adiuro vos, filiae Hierusalem, per capreas cervosque camporum, ne suscitetis neque evigilare faciatis dilectam, donec ipsa velit.
About this text
Origen’s Commentary on the Song of Songs, Liber III (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–20.
English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII (GCS 33, 1925), Rufinus’s Latin of Commentary Liber III. Lawson ACW 26 was not used as wording. This page is Liber III §§1–20 (closeout).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII = GCS 33 (1925) (Latin · Commentary Liber III §§1–20)
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