Greatest bliss | Thus has God ordained it

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Höchste Wonne

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Also hat es Gott bestellt
Mit des Lenzes Segen: 
Kam noch keiner in die Welt 
Ohne Sturm und Regen. 

  Also hat es Gott bestellt,
Herz, mit deinem Sehnen: 
Höchste Wonn' entsprießt der Welt 
Einzig unter Thränen.

Confirmed with Neue Lieder von Friedrich Oser (1874-1884), Basel: Verlag von M. Bernheim, 1885, page 10.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Höchste Wonne", appears in Neue Lieder, in Erstes Buch, no. 9 [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 Carl Kossmaly (1812 - 1893) [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Greatest bliss", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Greatest bliss

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Thus has God ordained it
With respect to the blessing of springtime:
None yet came into the world
Without storm and rain.

  Thus has God ordained it,
Heart, with respect to your yearning:
Greatest bliss blossoms forth from the world
Only under tears.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Höchste Wonne", appears in Neue Lieder, in Erstes Buch, no. 9
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This text was added to the website: 2024-12-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 44