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Treue Liebe, treue Liebe Ist das Süßeste der Welt, Treue Liebe, treue Liebe Bleibet, wenn der Himmel fällt! Ausgesungen wird es nimmer Auf dem weiten Erdenrund, Wie so selig doch für immer Machet treuer Liebe Bund! Wenn sie bricht so klar und helle Aus der Liebsten Aug hervor, Offen stehet dir zur Stelle Weit des Himmels goldnes Thor! Wenn sie raunt so herzbezwingend Aus der Liebsten Mund dir zu, Auch im Winter ziehet klingend Ein der schönste Lenz im Nu! Drum beglücket, wem's an Liebe, Nur an Liebe nie gebricht, Wer, ob Nichts auch sonst ihm bliebe, Bis zum letzten Hauche spricht: Treue Liebe, treue Liebe Ist das Süßeste der Welt, Treue Liebe, treue Liebe Bleibet, wenn der Himmel fällt!
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 215-216.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Treue Liebe", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 244 [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 Ludwig Liebe (1819 - 1900) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Methfessel (1811 - 1886) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Nägeli (1811 - 1872) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Popp (1828 - 1903) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Gottlieb Rabe (1815 - 1876) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Tauwitz (1812 - 1894) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [sung text not yet checked]
Set in a modified version by Anton Häring.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Faithful love", 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: 2026-02-02
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Word count: 121
Faithful love, faithful love Is the sweetest thing in the world, Faithful love, faithful love Remains [even] when the sky falls! The singing about it can never end Upon the broad expanse of the world, How the bond of faithful love Makes one so happy forever! When it shines forth so brightly and clearly From the eyes of your beloved, Immediately the golden gateway of Heaven Stands open widely for you! When, utterly enchanting your heart, love is breathed To you from out of the lips of your beloved, Then, even in winter, ringing [joyously], The loveliest springtime enters at once! Therefore happy is he who is never, Simply never lacking in love, Who, though nothing else remains to him, Speaks until his last breath: Faithful love, faithful love Is the sweetest thing in the world, Faithful love, faithful love Remains [even] when the sky falls!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Treue Liebe", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 244
This text was added to the website: 2026-05-19
Line count: 24
Word count: 147