Iets groots is de liefde | Iets groots is de liefde, een in alle opzichten groot goed

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by Thomas à Kempis (1379/80 - 1471)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Magna res est amor

Language: Latin

Our translations: DUT

 Magna res est amor, magnum omnino bonum,
 Quod solum leve facit omne onerosum,
 Et fert aequaliter omne in aequale.

 Nihil dulcius est amore, nihil fortius,
 Nihil altius, nihil latius, nihil jocundius,
 Nihil plenius nec melius in coelo et in terra.

 Quia amor ex Deo natus est, nec potest,
 Nisi in Deo, super omnia creata quiescere.

 Magna res est amor, magnum omnio bonum,
 Quod solum leve facit omne onerosum,
 Et fert aequaliter omne in aequale.

Text Authorship:

by Thomas à Kempis (1379/80 - 1471), appears in De Imitatione Christi, Book 3, Chapter 5 [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 Hendrik Andriessen (1892 - 1981), "Magna res est amor", voice, organ or orchestra [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Iets groots is de liefde", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Aloysius Croft) (Harold (Harry) F. Bolton) , "Love is an excellent thing", appears in The Imitation of Christ / by Thomas à Kempis, first published 1940, copyright ©

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 75

Iets groots is de liefde

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the Latin

Iets groots is de liefde, een in alle opzichten groot goed.
Zij alleen maakt licht al wat ons bezwaart 
En weet alle tegenslag gelijkmoedig te dragen.

Niets is zoeter dan de liefde, niets sterker, 
Niets hoger, niets omvattender, niets aangenamer,
Niets voller of beter, in de hemel en op aarde.

Want de liefde is uit God geboren, en zij kan niet
- tenzij in God – rust vinden boven al het geschapene.

Iets groots is de liefde, een in alle opzichten groot goed.
Zij alleen maakt licht al wat ons bezwaart 
En weet alle tegenslag gelijkmoedig te dragen.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Latin to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2019 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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Based on:

a text in Latin by Thomas à Kempis (1379/80 - 1471), appears in De Imitatione Christi, Book 3, Chapter 5
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This text was added to the website: 2019-06-06
Line count: 11
Word count: 97