Love in sorrow | To be sure, love blooms beautiful and fair

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Lieb' im Leide

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Wohl blüht im Freudenstrahle
Die Liebe hold und schön, 
Wie wenn mit einem Male 
Stehn schimmernd alle Höhn. 
  Und wer es hat erfahren, 
Wie Liebe selig macht, 
Muß noch in spätsten Jahren 
Dran denken Tag und Nacht. 

  Noch schöner doch im Leide 
Magst du sie blühen sehn, 
Wie funkelnd auf der Heide 
Voll Thau die Röslein stehn. 
  Und wer es nie erfahren, 
Wie Leid auch selig macht, 
Dem welkt so leicht nach Jahren 
Die Lieb', ach! über Nacht.

Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 227.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Lieb' im Leide", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 257 [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]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Love in sorrow", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2026-02-04
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Word count: 79

Love in sorrow

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  To be sure, love blooms beautiful and fair
In the beam of happiness,
As if, all of a sudden,
All the heights stood radiant.
  And he who has experienced
How love makes one happy,
Must in his latest years
Yet think of if day and night.

  More beautifully yet in sorrow
You may see it blooming,
As upon the heath, full of dew, 
The roses stand sparkling.
  And he who has never experienced
How sorrow too can make one happy,
For him after years have passed
Love wilts, ah! so easily overnight.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Lieb' im Leide", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 257
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This text was added to the website: 2026-06-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 93