Historical recapitulation of Book II
Historical recapitulation of Book II: the Bride confesses herself black and beautiful; the sun of trials discolors her; her mother’s sons fight her; she is made keeper of vineyards; she asks where he pastures at noon; unless she knows herself she will pasture goats; she is likened to cavalry; the bundle of myrrh and cluster of henna signify the Beloved; mutual beauty and the shaded couch conclude.
Latin
Recapitulatio Libri II historica: sponsa se nigram et formosam confitetur; sol tentationum decolorat; filii matris pugnant; custos vinearum fit; ubi pascas in meridie quaerit; nisi se cognoverit, haedos pascet; equitatui assimilatur; fasciculus myrrhae et botrus cypri dilectum significant; pulchritudo mutua et cubile umbrosum concludunt.
About this text
Origen’s Commentary on the Song of Songs, Liber II (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–20.
English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII (GCS 33, 1925), Rufinus’s Latin of Commentary Liber II. Lawson ACW 26 was not used as wording. This page is Liber II §§1–20 (closeout).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII = GCS 33 (1925) (Latin · Commentary Liber II §§1–20)
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