Blessed Peace | Upon your heart, divine maiden

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Selige Ruhe

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

An deinem Herzen, fromme Maid, 
Wie ruht sich's doch so selig tief, 
Als ob des Lebens Harm und Leid 
Für immerdar in mir entschlief! 

Nun weiß ich's, Holde, wie mir war 
Dereinst an meiner Mutter Brust; 
Wie strahlt aus deinem Augenpaar 
Mir, ach! der Kindheit Wonn' und Lust! 

Den alten Klang, so silberhell, 
Auf's neue hab' ich ihn erlauscht; 
Auf's neu geschaut den klaren Quell, 
Der frisch durch Edens Garten rauscht!
 
Doch plötzlich mitten in der Lust 
Muß ich mich fragen athemlos, 
Ob nicht für eine irdsche Brust 
Solch hohe Seligkeit zu groß? --

Nimm freudig, was dein Gott dir beut, 
Und trau' ihm fort mit neuem Muth: 
Du hast's ja auch erfahren heut, 
Wie's einmal sich im Himmel ruht!

Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 178.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Selige Ruhe", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 202 [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):

by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [sung text not yet checked]
by Rudolf Weinwurm (1835 - 1911), op. 34 (Alpenstimmen aus Österreich) no. 1 [ ttbb quartet or chorus and piano ], Leipzig: F.E.C. Leuckhart [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Blessed Peace", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-11-19
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Blessed Peace

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Upon your heart, divine maiden,
How I may rest so deeply happy,
As if the grief and sorrow of life
Had forever died within me!

Now I know, lovely one, how I once felt
At my mother's breast;
Ah! from out of your eyes, how
The bliss and joy of childhood shines for me!

The old sound, so silvery bright,
I have heard it anew;
Have seen anew the clear well-spring
That flows fresh through the garden of Eden!

But suddenly in the midst of the joy
I must ask breathlessly
Whether such lofty felicity is not too great
For an earthly bosom [to bear]? --

Take joyfully that which your God offers you,
And continue to trust him with new courage:
For today you have experienced 
How you shall someday rest in Heaven!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Selige Ruhe", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 202
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This text was added to the website: 2026-04-02
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Word count: 133