The beloved's dwelling place | I know no dearer town

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by Karl Barthel (1817 - 1853)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Liebchens Wohnort

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich weiß kein liebres Städtchen 
Im ganzen deutschen Land,
Als das, wo ich mein Mädchen,
Mein traut Herzliebchen fand.

Gar einsam liegt's und stille,
Kaum daß es einer kennt;
Des Waldes grüne Fülle
Hat's von der Welt getrennt.

Ein Kirchlein das vom weiten 
Schon überm Walde ragt,
Ein Turm aus grauen Zeiten
Sind seine einz'ge Pracht.

Und doch liegt mir das Städtchen 
Wohl Tag und Nacht im Sinn: --
Wohnt doch mein süßes Mädchen,
Mein traut Herzliebchen drin.

Confirmed with Poetischer Hausschatz von G. Emil Barthel, Halle an des Saale: Druck und Verlag von Otto Hendel, [1896], page 326.

Text Authorship:

by Karl Barthel (1817 - 1853), "Liebchens Wohnort" [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 Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Müller (b. 1820), "Liebchens Wohnort", op. 82 (Fünf Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 5, published 1872 [ ttbb chorus ], Leipzig: Schuberth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The beloved's dwelling place", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2026-01-06
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The beloved's dwelling place

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I know no dearer town
In the whole German land
Thank the one in which I found my maiden, 
The dearly beloved of my heart.

It lies quite solitary and quiet,
Hardly anyone knows it;
The forest's green abundance
Has separated it from the world.

A little church that may be seen 
Already from afar, projecting over the forest,
[And] a tower from the grey past,
[Those] are its only splendours.

And yet that little town is 
In my thoughts both day and night: --
For my sweet maiden lives there,
The dearly beloved of my heart.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Barthel (1817 - 1853), "Liebchens Wohnort"
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This text was added to the website: 2026-01-07
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Word count: 96