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To the Lady Radegund
Radegund, mighty in the world by your royal lineage, for whom another kingdom in heaven remains yet to be held: despising the world, you have earned to win Christ, and while you lie hidden enclosed [in the cloister], from here you behold what is above the stars. You trample down the harmful joys of an earthly kingdom, that you may please the King, joyful as heaven shows you favor. Now you hold to narrow [confines], so that you may enter the heavens more bountifully: pouring forth tears, you will reap the true joys. And you torment the body, while fasts feed the soul, which her own Lord preserves by love alone.
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Ad domnam Radegundem
Regali de stirpe potens Radegundis in orbe,
altera cui caelis regna tenenda manent,
despiciens mundum meruisti adquirere Christum,
et dum clausa lates, hinc super astra vides.
gaudia terreni conculcas noxia regni,
ut placeas regi laeta favente polo.
nunc angusta tenes, quo caelos largior intres:
diffundens lacrimas gaudia vera metes.
et corpus crucias, animam ieiunia pascunt,
solo quam dominus servat amore suus.
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V To the Lady Radegund
Radegund, mighty in the world by your royal lineage, for whom another kingdom in heaven remains yet to be held: despising the world, you have earned to win Christ, and while you lie hidden enclosed [in the cloister], from here you behold what is above the stars. You trample down the harmful joys of an earthly kingdom, that you may please the King, joyful as heaven shows you favor. Now you hold to narrow [confines], so that you may enter the heavens more bountifully: pouring forth tears, you will reap the true joys. And you torment the body, while fasts feed the soul, which her own Lord preserves by love alone.
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Latin / Greek Original
V Ad domnam Radegundem Regali de stirpe potens Radegundis in orbe, altera cui caelis regna tenenda manent, despiciens mundum meruisti adquirere Christum, et dum clausa lates, hinc super astra vides. gaudia terreni conculcas noxia regni, ut placeas regi laeta favente polo. nunc angusta tenes, quo caelos largior intres: diffundens lacrimas gaudia vera metes. et corpus crucias, animam ieiunia pascunt, solo quam dominus servat amore suus.