The subject is the appearance of the risen Christ to Mary Magdalene at
the tomb, John 20. 11-18.
1. Pone: dismiss thy grief. 3. Simonis: Mary Magdalene, as in _Dies
Irae_, 37, is identified with 'the woman which was a sinner' of Luke 7.
37-50, who, while Jesus sat at meal in the house of Simon, the Pharisee,
'weeping, began to wet his feet with her tears,' 1. 4. 22, 23. Lift thy
face, O Magdalen! Behold the risen Christ. 25. Quinque plagas: the five
strokes are the nail prints in Jesus' hands and feet and the spear wound
in his side, Luke 24. 40; John 20. 24-29. inspice: as Thomas and the
other disciples beheld.
Translation by Mrs. Charles, _Christian Life in Song_, p. 182.