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Treustes Herz, und willst du scheiden, Fort in fremde Lande gehn, Ach, wie muß nunmehr uns Beiden Herbes Weh und Leid geschehn! Aber ist es Gottes Wille, Ihm denn sei's anheimgestellt, Und so laß' ich muthig stille Ziehn dich in die weite Welt. Wo der Himmel nur mag blauen, Gott wird mit und bei dir sein, Tag und Nacht wird auf dich schauen, Der nicht schläft, noch schlummert ein. Auf dem Lande, auf dem Meere Wird er sein dein sichrer Stern, Deine Wache, deine Wehre, Nun so zieh mit Gott, dem Herrn! Und auch ich zum fernen Strande Finde wohl den Weg oft hin, Wenn vom lieben Heimathlande Meine Seufzer zu dir ziehn; Wenn ich deiner muß gedenken Vor dem Herrn mit heißem Flehn, Daß er gnädig möge schenken Uns ein frohes Wiedersehn.
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 183.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Treustes Herz, und willst du scheiden", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 208 [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Franz Lauterberg (1825 - 1871) [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) , "Most faithful heart, and if you wish to depart", 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: 2025-11-24
Line count: 24
Word count: 134
Most faithful heart, and if you wish to depart, To go off into foreign lands, Ah, how for the two of us henceforth There must be bitter pain and sorrow! But it is God's will, So let it be commended to Him, And thus courageously, silently I let you Travel off into the wide world. Wherever the sky may shine blue, God shall be with and beside you, Day and night shall look [down] upon you He how does not sleep nor slumber. Upon the land, upon the sea He shall be your sure star, Your guard, your defense, Now go then with God, the Lord! And I, too, shall often find my way To the distant shore, When my sighs travel to you From the dear homeland; When I must think of you Before the Lord with fervent pleas, That He might mercifully grant us A joyful reunion.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Treustes Herz, und willst du scheiden", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 208
This text was added to the website: 2026-04-08
Line count: 24
Word count: 150