As an apple tree among trees of the wood
As an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. Under his shadow whom I desired I sat, and his fruit was sweet to my throat. The apple tree is Christ; the trees of the wood are other humans. His shadow is protection; his fruit teaching and immortality.
Latin
Sicut malum inter ligna silvarum, sic dilectus meus inter filios. Sub umbra illius quem desideraveram sedi, et fructus eius dulcis gutturi meo. Malum Christus, ligna silvae ceteri homines. Umbra eius protectio; fructus doctrina et immortalitas.
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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