O vox perspicua: A Chronogram for the Feast of St. Hildegard

Scivias 1.1, from the
Rupertsberg manuscript
(12th cen.)

O VoX perspICVa,
DIC nobIs peCCatorIbVs hebetIs
De IntroItV InCorrVptae saLVatIonIs,
qVatenVs Fons aqVae Vitae
ab effVsIone IrrIgatIonIs tVae VIsIonIs
In IgnaVIs peCtorIbVs sICCIsqVe nostrIs
sVrgat et effLVat.

O clear-eyed voice,
speak to us sluggish sinners
of the origin of pure salvation,
that from the outpouring of your vision’s watering
the font of the water of life
might rise up and overflow
in our dried up, torpid hearts.