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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 [verstände]1, 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!
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 152-153.
1 Abt: "verstünde"Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Nun weiß ich's für ewig!", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 172 [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Preislied: Gewissheit", op. 387 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Reinhold Reich (1842 - 1900), "Nun weiss ich's für ewig", published 1883 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Langensalza, Beyer & Söhne [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [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
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-10-31
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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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Translations of titles:
"Nun weiß ich's für ewig!" = "Now I know it forever!"
"Preislied: Gewissheit" = "Song of praise: certainty"
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Based on:
- 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
This text was added to the website: 2025-12-24
Line count: 24
Word count: 117