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Es ist nichts bess'res auf der Welt, Als wenn in Treuen hat gestellt Das Herz sich hin zum Herzen. Untreu' ist stark in arger Welt, Doch Treue wie das Gotteszelt Mit seinen Sternenkerzen. Die Linde rauscht, der Bronnen fließt, Die Treue ohne Winter ist, Grünt immer, welket nimmer. Und wer ein treues Herze fand, Dem gab der Herr für's Erdenland Des Himmels Sonnenschimmer.
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Confirmed with Franz Alfred Muth, Waldblumen, Dritte, durchaus ausgewählte und reich vermehrte Auflage, Paderborn: Druck und Verlag von Ferdinand Schöningh, 1885, page 98.
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), "Chor", appears in Waldblumen, in 2. Herzensklänge und Lebensstimmen [3rd edition], in Minnetreue, in Zweite Abtheilung, no. 9 [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 Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Es ist nichts Bess'res auf der Welt", op. 189 (Zwölf zweistimmige Lieder im Volkston mit Pianoforte) no. 11, published 1886 [ vocal duet with piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2021-03-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 64
There is nothing better on earth Than when a heart in faithfulness Has placed itself beside another heart. Faithlessness is strong in the evil world, But faithfulness is like God’s vault of heaven With its star-candles. The linden-tree soughs, the wellspring flows Faithfulness is without winter -- Is ever green, never wilts. And those who have found a faithful heart, To them for their time on earth God has given the shimmer of Heaven's sunlight.
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Translations of title(s):
"Chor" = "Chorus"
"Es ist nichts Bess'res auf der Welt" = "There is nothing better on earth"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), "Chor", appears in Waldblumen, in 2. Herzensklänge und Lebensstimmen [3rd edition], in Minnetreue, in Zweite Abtheilung, no. 9
This text was added to the website: 2021-03-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 75