Piam matrem contemplari
350 Dolentem cum filio?
Pro peccatis suae gentis
Vidit Iesum in tormentis
Et flagellis subditum;
Vidit suum dulcem natum
355 Morientem, desolatum,
Dum emisit spiritum.
Eia mater, fons amoris!
Me sentire vim doloris
Fac, ut tecum lugeam.
360. ardeat: ardere, to burn; here in a NOUN CL. OF RESULT.
362. sibi: = ei; the reflexive pron. was often not used reflexively in med. Lat.
363. agas: JUSSIVE SUBJUNCT., paralleling the 2nd pers. imper. in the following verse.
364. crucifixi: fixed to the cross, crucified.
fige: figere,to affix, thrust, imprint on.
plagas: plaga,blow, wound.
366. nati: with poenas.
367. dignati: dignari, to deign, think it appropriate.
374. planctu: planctus, lamentation.
376. non: = ne.
amara:bitter, unkind.
377. plangere: to lament.
378. portem: portare, to carry, bear.
379. fac: sc. me.
consortem:sharing in, a sharer in.
380. recolere: to cultivate again, feel afresh.
382. inebriari: inebriare, to intoxicate.
383. cruore: cruor, blood, gore.
384. inflammatus et accensus: i.e., passione Christi.
385. sim defensus: in place of the simple, so-called “synthetic” vb. forms of class. Lat. (here, defendar), med. Lat. tended to use esse + a partic., the so-called “analytical forms” common in Eng. as well as the Romance languages.
386. in die: for the prep., see note on per…viam (92).
388. praemuniri: praemunire, to fortify.
389. confoveri: confovere, to warm, foster.
“The Crucifixion of Christ” Peter Paul Rubens 1620 Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerp, Belgium
Giraudon/Art Resource, NY.
360 Fac ut ardeat cor meum
In amando Christum Deum,
Ut sibi complaceam.
