Then he began to sing, his eye swimming in ecstasy, in the tone of a canon intoning vespers, ~Quoe cantica! quoe organa! quoe cantilenoe! quoe meloclioe hic sine fine decantantur! Sonant melliflua hymnorum organa, suavissima angelorum melodia, cantica canticorum mira~!
Alors il se mit à chanter, l’œil comme noyé dans l’extase, du ton d’un chanoine qui entonne vêpres : « – Quæ cantica ! quæ organa ! quæ cantilenæ ! quæ melodiæ hic sine fine decantantur ! sonant melliflua hymnorum organa, suavissima angelorum melodia, cantica canticorum mira ! »