The voice of my beloved leaping on the mountains
The voice of my beloved; behold, he comes leaping on the mountains, springing over the hills. My beloved is like a gazelle and a young stag. Behold, he stands behind our wall, looking through the windows, peering through the lattices. The Word’s coming is swift and subtle.
Latin
Vox dilecti mei; ecce iste venit saliens in montibus, transiliens colles. Similis est dilectus meus capreae hinnuloque cervorum. En ipse stat post parietem nostrum, respiciens per fenestras, prospiciens per cancellos. Adventus Verbi velox et subtilis.
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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