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.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text checked 1 time 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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- 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.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
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Ob Lieben Leiden sei, ob Leiden Lieben sei, weiß ich zu sagen nicht, aber ich [klage]1 nicht; Lieblich das Leiden ist, wenn Leiden Lieben ist.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Lateinische Hymnen und Gesänge aus dem Mittelalter, deutsch ... von Dr. G. A. Königsfeld, Bonn, 1847.
1 Greith: "frage"Text Authorship:
- by Gustav Adolf Königsfeld (1808 - 1883), no title, appears in Lateinische Hymnen und Gesänge aus dem Mittelalter [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Emil Franz) Carl Greith (1828 - 1887), "Ein gar altes und doch immer neues Lied", op. 41 (Acht Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung (No. 1 des Nachlasses) ) no. 4, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], München, Aibl. [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2024-10-15
Line count: 6
Word count: 26