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Translation © by Grant Hicks

An amor dolor sit

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG

An amor dolor sit,
an dolor amor sit?
Utrumque nescio!
Hoc unum sentio:
Blandus hic dolor est,
qui meus amor est.

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Confirmed with Lateinische Hymnen und Gesänge aus dem Mittelalter, deutsch ... von Dr. G. A. Königsfeld, Bonn, 1847.

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Gustav Adolf Königsfeld (1808 - 1883) , no title, appears in Lateinische Hymnen und Gesänge aus dem Mittelalter ; composed by Carl Greith.
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ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 21

Is love pain

Language: English after the Latin

Is love pain,
or is pain love?
I don't know which!
Only this I know:
It is pleasant, this pain
that is my love.

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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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a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2025-07-01
Line count: 6
Word count: 24