With you! | To share joy and sorrow with you

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Mit dir!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Freud' und Leid mit dir zu theilen,
O wie bin ich jederzeit
Ohne Wanken und Verweilen,
Herzgeliebte, froh bereit!
  Hand in Hand mit dir, mit dir 
  Lauter Lust erblühet mir! 

  Führt zwei Seelen Gott zusammen 
Voller Huld, muß Lieb' und Treu' 
Auch im Sturm nur heller flammen, 
Und verklären sich auf's neu! 
  Hand in Hand, mit dir, mit dir 
  Nimmer, nimmer grauet mir! 

  Schau' ins' Herz mir! Was du schauest,
Alles, Alles ist nun dein!
Jeder Blick, dem froh du trauest,
Jeder Odem soll es sein!
  Hand in Hand mit dir, mit dir 
  Ewig, ewig, dort und hier!

Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 150-151.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Mit dir!", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 170 [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 Martinus Van Gelder (b. 1854) [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "With you!", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-10-21
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Word count: 99

With you!

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  To share joy and sorrow with you,
Oh, how I am at all times,
Without faltering and delay,
Happily prepared, beloved of my heart!
  Hand in hand with you, with you --
  Sheer joy blooms for me!

  When God, full of beneficence, brings
Two souls together, love and faithfulness must
Only flame forth the more brightly in the storm,
And must glorify themselves anew!
  Hand in hand, with you, with you
  I am never, never afraid!

  Look into my heart! Everything you see,
All, all is now yours!
Every glance that you gladly trust,
Every breath shall be yours!
  Hand in hand with you, with you
  Eternally, eternally, there and here!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Mit dir!", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 170
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This text was added to the website: 2025-12-24
Line count: 18
Word count: 111