There is no valley so desolate and empty

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by Heinrich Seidel (1842 - 1906)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Es ist kein Thal so wüst und leer

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Es ist kein Thal so wüst und leer,
Drin nicht ein Blümchen blühet,
Und keine Nacht so wolkenschwer,
Drin nicht ein Sternlein glühet.

Es ist kein Menschenherz so tief
Versenget und versunken,
Dass nicht in seiner Asche schlief,
Der ew'gen Liebe Funken!

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Confirmed with Gesammelte Schriften von Heinrich Seidel, XI. Band, Neues Glockenspiel, Leipzig: A.G. Liebeskind, 1894, page 156.

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Seidel (1842 - 1906), "Die Liebe hört nimmer auf", appears in Neues Glockenspiel: Gesammelte Gedichte, in Lieder [author's text checked 2 times 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 Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun (1863 - 1932), "Es ist kein Tal so wüst und leer", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by Eduard Mertke (1833 - 1895), "Die Liebe höret nimmer auf", op. 11 (Sechs Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 1, published 1878 [ mixed chorus ], Köln: P.J. Tonger [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

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There is no valley so desolate and empty

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

There is no valley so desolate and empty
In which there is not one little flower blooming,
And no night so laden with clouds
In which there is not one little star glowing.

There is no human heart
So deeply burned and buried
That in its ashes there does not
Sleep the spark of eternal love!

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Translations of titles:
"Die Liebe höret nimmer auf" = "Charity never faileth"
"Die Liebe hört nimmer auf" = "Charity never faileth"
"Es ist kein Tal so wüst und leer" = "There is no valley so desolate and empty"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Seidel (1842 - 1906), "Die Liebe hört nimmer auf", appears in Neues Glockenspiel: Gesammelte Gedichte, in Lieder
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This text was added to the website: 2025-12-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 56