Love's joy | When in the quiet night I go

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by Franz von Kobell (1803 - 1882)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Liebesglück

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Geh' ich von meinem Liebchen
Nach Haus' in stiller Nacht
Und denk, wie ich so selig
Den Abend zugebracht,
Wie ich bei ihr gesessen
So traulich und so nah,
Und wie ihr schönes Auge
So freundlich zu mir sah:
Dann wogt in meinem Herzen
Unendlich süße Lust,
Die Welt möcht' ich umarmen
Und drücken an die Brust,
Und möchte laut es rufen
Hin in die stille Nacht,
Wie wonnig meine Liebe,
Wie reich sie mich gemacht.
Doch manchmal in dem Jubel,
Da fällt mir bange ein,
Der Glücklichen auf Erden,
Nicht viele sollen's seyn.
Dann bete ich verstohlen
Zum Sternenhimmel hin:
O werde mir nicht böse,
Daß ich so glücklich bin!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• B. Randhartinger

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Confirmed with Gedichte in hochdeutscher, pfälzischer und oberbayerischer Mundart von Franz von Kobell, Erstes Bändchen, Zweite vermehrte Auflage, München: Verlag der literarisch-artistischen Anstalt, 1843, page 53.

Text Authorship:

by Franz von Kobell (1803 - 1882), "Liebesglück", appears in Gedichte in hochdeutscher, oberbayerischer und pfälzischer Mundart, München, first published 1843 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Liebesglück" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Love's joy", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2022-03-27
Line count: 24
Word count: 112

Love's joy

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When in the quiet night I go
Home after visiting my darling,
And think about how blissfully
I spent the evening,
How I sat beside her
So familiarly and so near,
And how her beautiful eyes
Looked at me so amiably:
Then infinitely sweet joy
Surges in my heart,
I could embrace the whole world
And press it to my breast,
And I would like to call it loudly
Out into the quiet night,
How blissfully happy, how rich
My love has made me.
But sometimes in the rejoicing,
I remember anxiously
That there are not many
Of those who are happy upon earth.
Then I pray surreptitiously 
Up to the star-filled sky:
Oh, do not become angry with me
That I am so happy!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz von Kobell (1803 - 1882), "Liebesglück", appears in Gedichte in hochdeutscher, oberbayerischer und pfälzischer Mundart, München, first published 1843
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This text was added to the website: 2025-03-07
Line count: 24
Word count: 126