Youth | Love is my wish and my desire

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by Axel Olrik (1864 - 1917)

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Ungdom (Youth)

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG

Tenor, soprano and choir:
 Amor est votum meum et desiderium,
 praelucet mihi instar sideris,
 plenitudinem eius semper quaero.
 Amor est votum meum et desiderium.

Text Authorship:

by Axel Olrik (1864 - 1917) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931), "Ungdom (Youth)", FS. 21 no. 2 (1896), from Hymnus Amoris, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Youth", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 5
Word count: 24

Youth

Language: English after the Latin

Tenor, soprano and choir:
 Love is my wish and my desire,
 it lights my way like a star,
 I am always seeking its abundance.
 Love is my wish and my desire.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Latin to English copyright © 2025 by Grant Hicks, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in Latin by Axel Olrik (1864 - 1917)
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This text was added to the website: 2025-08-13
Line count: 5
Word count: 31