O Liebe, schönste Blume
Language: German (Deutsch)
O Liebe, schönste Blume,
Wie keine mir gefällt;
Aus Gottes Heiligthume
Verpflanzt in diese Welt!
Viel tausend Blumen blühen
Im Thal und auf den Höhn;
Doch keine sah ich glühen
Wie dich so schön, so schön!
Und, ach! wie bald verwehen
Sie all' in kurzer Zeit;
Du aber mußt bestehen,
Und blühst in Ewigkeit!
O Liebe, schönste Blume!
Wer dich gefunden hat,
Der wird, von deinem Ruhme
Zu singen, nimmer satt!
Confirmed with Deutsche Dichter-Gaben: eine Sammlung bisher ungedruckter Gedichte der namhaftesten deutschen Dichter, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1868, pages 33 - 34.
Also confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 214-215.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ernst Paul Flügel (1844 - 1912), "O Liebe, schönste Blume", op. 5 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand Kamm (1845 - 1897), "O Liebe, schönste Blume", op. 25 no. 7, published 1896 [ men's chorus ], St. Gallen: F. Kamm [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "O Liebe, schönste Blume", op. 78 (Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor a capella) no. 4, published 1875 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Stoll [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "O Liebe, schönste Blume" [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Oh love, most beautiful flower!", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Oh love, most beautiful flower!
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Oh love, most beautiful flower,
None pleases me more;
Transplanted into this world
From God's sanctuary!
Many thousands of flowers bloom
In the valley and upon the heights;
But I saw none of them glowing
As beautifully, as beautifully as you!
And ah! how soon they all
Perish in a short while;
But you must last
And bloom for eternity!
Oh love, most beautiful flower,
Those who have found you
Shall never grow weary
To sing of your glory!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2026 by Sharon Krebs, (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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