by Thomas à Kempis (1379/80 - 1471)
Translation © by Aloysius Croft and by Harold (Harry) F. Bolton
Magna res est amor
Language: Latin
Available translation(s): 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.
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.
Line count: 11
Word count: 75
Love is an excellent thing
Language: English after the Latin
Love is an excellent thing, a very great blessing [ ... ]
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Authorship
- by Aloysius Croft , "Love is an excellent thing", appears in The Imitation of Christ / by Thomas à Kempis, first published 1940, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- by Harold (Harry) F. Bolton , "Love is an excellent thing", appears in The Imitation of Christ / by Thomas à Kempis, first published 1940, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in Latin by Thomas à Kempis (1379/80 - 1471), appears in De Imitatione Christi, Book 3, Chapter 5
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- [ None yet in the database ]
This text was added to the website: 2004-03-01
Line count: 11
Word count: 86