Love is an excellent thing, a very great blessing,
It makes every difficulty easy,
and bears all wrongs with equanimity.

Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing stronger,
Nothing is higher or wider; nothing is more pleasant,
Nothing is fuller, and nothing is better in heaven or on earth,

for love is born of God and cannot
rest except in God, Who is above all created things.

Love is an excellent thing, a very great blessing,
It makes every difficulty easy,
and bears all wrongs with equanimity.

Translation by Aloysius Croft

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.