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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

O ist's dieselbe Liebe nicht

(Sung text for setting by B. Randhartinger)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

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 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.

Composition:

Benedikt Randhartinger

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "O ist's dieselbe Liebe nicht?", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 235

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Oh, is it not the same love?", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Oh, is it not the same love?

(Sung text translation for setting by B. Randhartinger)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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 frankly and freely said:
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.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2026 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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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
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