Manhood | Love is my wellspring

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by Axel Olrik (1864 - 1917)

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Mandom (Manhood)

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG

Male choir:
 Amor est fons meus,
 virtus super ripas eius floret,
 Amor est robur meum.
 Amor est fons meus.

Soprano. En ulykkelig kvinde (An unhappy woman):
 Amor est dolor meus,
 nil me altius vulneravit,
 nil tamen carius.
 Amor est dolor meus.

Choir:
 Amor est fons meus,
 virtus super ripas eius floret,
 Amor est robur meum.
 Amor est fons meus.

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), "Mandom (Manhood)", FS. 21 no. 3 (1896), from Hymnus Amoris, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

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

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 59

Manhood

Language: English after the Latin

Male choir:
 Love is my wellspring,
 virtue flourishes on its banks,
 love is my strength.
 Love is my wellspring.

Soprano. An unhappy woman:
 Love is my sorrow,
 nothing has wounded me more deeply,
 yet nothing is more precious.
 Love is my sorrow.

Choir:
 Love is my wellspring,
 virtue flourishes on its banks,
 love is my strength.
 Love is my wellspring.

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: 2025-07-27
Line count: 15
Word count: 60