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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Da hatt' ich keine Bitte mehr

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Da hatt' ich keine Bitte mehr,
Als ich an deinem Herzen lag!
Und käm' ein Leiden noch so schwer,
Vergeß' ich nie den Wonnetag!
  Wie strahlte, jeden Schimmers voll,
Der schönste Frühling über mir,
Als dir das süße Wort entquoll:
In Freud' und Leid gehör' ich dir!

  Da hatt' ich keine Bitte mehr,
Welch reicher Himmel war nun mein!
In Freudenzähren hold und hehr,
Erzitterte sein Wiederschein.
  Und fort noch flammt das Segenslicht,
Und fort noch blüht der Frühlingstag:
O nur vor Gottes Angesicht
Noch schöner einst er strahlen mag!

Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 177.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Da hatt' ich keine Bitte mehr!", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 201 [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 Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Da hatt' ich keine Bitte mehr" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Eduard Tauwitz (1812 - 1894) [sung text not yet checked]
by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Then I had no further desire!", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2021-04-08
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Word count: 91

Then I had no further desire!

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Then I had no further desire
When I lay upon your heart!
And though an ever-so-heavy suffering should come,
I shall never forget that blissful day!
  How the loveliest of springtimes shone
Above me, filled with every kind of shimmer,
As you spoke the sweet words:
In joy and sorrow, I am yours!

  Then I had no further desire,
What a plenteous heaven was now mine!
Lovely and lofty, its reflection 
Trembled in [my] tears of joy.
  And the light of blessing still flames,
And the springtime day still blossoms:
Oh, only before the face of God
Might it someday shine more beautifully!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Da hatt' ich keine Bitte mehr!", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 201
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This text was added to the website: 2026-04-01
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Word count: 104