I adjure you; the voice of my brother leaping on the mountains
I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my brother, what will you tell him? That I am sick with loveThe voice of my brother; behold, he comes leaping on the mountains, springing over the hillsThe church still speaks, exhorting the daughters of Jerusalem. Love becomes a sickness when desire for the Bridegroom delays. Then she hears the voice: Behold, he comes leaping on the mountains — swiftly, powerfully, running through prophets and apostles as through mountains and hills.
Latin
Adiuro vos, filiae Hierusalem, si inveneritis fratruelem meum, quid nuntietis ei? Quia amore langueo. Vox fratruelis mei; ecce iste venit saliens in montibus, transiliens colles. Haec adhuc loquitur ecclesia exhortans filias Hierusalem. Amor languor fit, quando desiderium sponsi tardat. Deinde audit vocem: Ecce venit saliens in montibus — cito, potenter, per prophetas et apostolos quasi per montes et colles currens.
About this text
Origen’s Homilia II on the Song of Songs (Jerome’s Latin).
English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII (GCS 33, 1925), Jerome’s Latin of Homilia II. Lawson ACW 26 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia II §§1–13 (closeout).
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- Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII = GCS 33 (1925) (Latin · Homilia II §§1–13)
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