Now I know it forever!

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Preislied: Gewissheit

(Sung text for setting by F. Abt)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Nun weiß ich's für ewig! 
Und kann es denn sein?
Daß mein du, o Holde, 
Wahrhaftig nun mein?
  Das Herz will mir brechen 
Vor Wonn' und vor Lust!
Daß Liebe so drückend, 
Ich hab's nicht gewußt!

  Ach, wenn ich's mag sagen, 
Ich Keinen ja find',
Der's gänzlich verstünde,
Wie glücklich wir sind!
  So will ich denn gehen 
Hinaus in den Wald,
Da lauschen die Blumen, 
Die Vögel mir bald!

  Will künden dem Winde, 
Dem frischen, mein Glück,
Daß treulich er bringe
Mein Lied dir zurück:
  Nun weiß ich's für ewig! 
Und kann es denn sein,
Daß mein du, o Holde, 
Wahrhaftig nun mein!

Composition:

Franz Wilhelm Abt

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Nun weiß ich's für ewig!", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 172

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

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

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Word count: 106

Song of praise: certainty

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Abt)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Now I know it forever!
And can it be true?
That you, oh lovely one,
Are now truly mine?
  My heart wishes to burst
With bliss and delight!
I never knew that love could 
Press upon one so much!

  Ah, if I were to utter it,
I would not find anyone
Who fully understood
How happy we are!
  Therefore, I shall go
Out into the forest,
There the flowers and the
Birds would soon harken to me!

  I shall tell the wind,
The brisk wind, my happiness,
That he might faithfully bring
My song back to you:
  Now I know it forever!
And can it be true
That you, oh lovely one,
Are now truly mine?

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Nun weiß ich's für ewig!", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 172
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