O splendidissima gemma [English translation]

O most splendid gem,

this fair grace like the sun

which pours through you,

is as a spring leaping from the Father's heart,

For this is His only Word,

and from this

the prime matter of the world was created,

which Eve disturbed.

So the Word was fashioned, by the Father,

into human form,

And therefore you are that one shining matter,

whereby the Word exhales all virtues,

drawing out all creatures from prime matter.

• Artist:Hildegard von Bingen
• Album:Frank Ferko's Hildegard Motets (1993)