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O ist's dieselbe Liebe nicht Bis heut' noch immerdar, Verklärend Herz und Angesicht Wie einst vor manchem Jahr! Sie machten wohl das Herz dir schwer Und [sagten's]1 frank und frei: Ach, bist du glücklich noch so sehr, Bald ist der Traum vorbei. Ob anders nun die Flamme loht, Mein Lieb', erschrecke nicht! Doch loht und glüht sie bis zum Tod, Und stets mit reinerm Licht. Und ob auch mancher Traum entschwand, Schau freudig nur zurück: Nur fester ward der Herzen Band, Nur größer unser Glück.
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 207-208.
1 Randhartinger: "sagten"Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "O ist's dieselbe Liebe nicht?", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 235 [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 Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "O, ist's dieselbe Liebe nicht", op. 78 (Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor a capella) no. 5, published 1875 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Stoll [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "O ist's dieselbe Liebe nicht" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Oh, is it not the same love?", 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: 2021-08-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 86
Oh, is it not the same love Still and evermore until today, Transfiguring heart and visage As once many years ago! Others likely made your heart heavy And [said it frankly and freely]1: Ah, though you are ever so happy, The dream shall soon be over. Though the flame burns differently now, My love, do not be startled! It nevertheless blazes and burns until our death, And always with a purer light. And though many a dream may have vanished, Only look back happily: The bond between our hearts only grew firmer, Our happiness only the greater.
1 Randhartinger: "frankly and freely said"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "O ist's dieselbe Liebe nicht?", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 235
This text was added to the website: 2026-05-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 98