May God protect you at every hour

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by Johann Paul Kaltenbaeck (1804 - 1861)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Behüt' dich Gott zu jeder Stund'

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Behüt' dich Gott zu jeder Stund', 
Ich merk' wohl deinen Sinn, 
Du stehst in meines Herzens Grund, 
Wie fern ich dir auch bin. 
Ich mein' es nicht vermessen, 
Die Treue sprach das Wort, 
Ich kann dich nicht vergessen, 
Und Gott ist hier und dort.

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Confirmed with Orpheus. Musikalisches Taschenbuch für das Jahr 1841, Herausgegeben von August Schmidt, Zweiter Jahrgang, Wien: bei Franz Riedl's Witwe & Sohn, [1841], page 344.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Paul Kaltenbaeck (1804 - 1861), no title [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 Walter von Goethe (1817 - 1885), "Behüt' Dich Gott!", op. 20 (VI Altdeutsche Lieder), Heft 1 no. 2 [ voice and piano ], Hannover: in der Hofmusikalienhandlung von Adolph Nagel [sung text checked 1 time]
by August Wilhelm Julius Rietz (1812 - 1877), "Behüt' dich Gott zu jeder Stund'", op. 15 (Neun Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1843 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

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

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

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-11-27
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Word count: 45

May God protect you at every hour

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  May God protect you at every hour,
I well know your thoughts,
You are in the depths of my heart,
No matter how far from you I may be.
I do not mean this in a presumptuous way,
It was faithfulness that spoke the word,
I cannot forget you,
And God is both here and yonder.

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Translations of titles:
"Behüt' Dich Gott!" = "May God protect you!"
"Behüt' dich Gott zu jeder Stund'" = "May God protect you at every hour"

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Paul Kaltenbaeck (1804 - 1861), no title
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This text was added to the website: 2025-11-28
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Word count: 57