Love, oh love! | Love, oh love, heavenly light!

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Liebe, o Liebe

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Liebe, o Liebe, himmlisches Licht,
Ach, o verlösch' uns, Freundliche, nicht!
Alles verklär' uns, Freude wie Noth,
Leucht' uns durch's Leben bis in den Tod!

  Liebe, o Liebe, du mußt bestehn,
Größte der Gaben, kannst nicht vergehn!
Ewige Sonne, himmlisches Licht,
Bleib' uns, verlösch' uns, Freundliche, nicht!

Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 227-228.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Liebe, o Liebe!", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 258 [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 Mair (1821 - 1893), "Liebe, o Liebe", published 1871 [ ttbb quartet ], Wien: Haslinger [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Pranz (1819 - 1870), "Liebe, o Liebe", op. 13 (Vier Lieder der Liebe) no. 2, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Nürnberg: Schmid [sung text not yet checked]
by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Liebe, o Liebe" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Love, oh love!", copyright © 2026, (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: 2022-03-27
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Love, oh love!

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Love, oh love, heavenly light! 
Ah, amiable one, do not go out for us!
Transfigure everything for us, joy as misery,
Light our way through life until death!

  Love, oh love, you must endure,
Greatest of gifts, you cannot cease!
Eternal sun, heavenly light,
Remain for us, do not, amiable one, go out for us!

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Liebe, o Liebe!", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 258
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This text was added to the website: 2026-05-31
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Word count: 56