Draw me after you; the king brought me to his chambers
Draw me after you; we will run into the fragrance of your ointments. The Bride asks to be drawn, because without the Word’s drawing she cannot run. The king has brought me into his chambers: the secrets of wisdom and the mysteries of the Scriptures. Let us exult and rejoice in you: not in ourselves, but in the Bridegroom. Mindful of your breasts above wine: rightly do they love you.
Latin
Trahe me post te; curremus in odorem unguentorum tuorum. Sponsa se trahi petit, quia sine Verbi tractu currere non potest. Introduxit me rex in cellaria sua: secreta sapientiae et mysteria Scripturarum. Exsultemus et laetemur in te: non in nobis, sed in sponso. Memores uberum tuorum super vinum: recte diligunt te.
About this text
Origen’s Commentary on the Song of Songs, Liber I (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–20.
English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII (GCS 33, 1925), Rufinus’s Latin of Commentary Liber I. Lawson ACW 26 was not used as wording. This page is Liber I §§1–20 (closeout).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII = GCS 33 (1925) (Latin · Commentary Liber I §§1–20)
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