Boundless sea! | Boundless sea! you are surely deep!

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Unendliches Meer!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Unendliches Meer! wohl bist du so tief! 
Doch tiefer meine Liebe, die im Herzen mir schlief, 
  Und die ihrer Augen schimmernde Pracht 
Im Nu mir erwacht und für ewig entfacht! 

  Unendliches Meer! wohl jauchzest du laut! 
Doch lauter meine Liebe, die in's Herz ihr geschaut, 
  Und den Lenz drin erblickt voll schimmernder Pracht, 
Der ewig mir blühet und ewig mir lacht!

  Unendliches Meer! wie fern auch dein Strand, 
O reicht voller Liebe sie Herz mir und Hand, 
  Stets finden zusammen, voll schimmernder Pracht, 
Die Insel des Glücks wir durch Sturm auch und Nacht!

Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 159.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Unendliches Meer!", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 179 [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) [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Boundless sea!", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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

This text was added to the website: 2025-11-04
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Word count: 94

Boundless sea!

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Boundless sea! you are surely deep!
But deeper [is] my love, which slept within my heart
  And which the shimmering splendour of her eyes
Awakened for me in a trice and kindled for all time!

  Boundless sea! you truly rejoice loudly!
But my love is louder, [my love] that looked into her heart,
  And saw therein the springtime, full of shimmering splendour,
That blooms for me eternally and smiles upon me eternally!

  Boundless sea! however distant your shore,
Oh when, full of love, she stretches forth [her] heart and hand to me,
  [Then] together, even through storm and night, we always 
Find the island of happiness, full of shimmering splendour!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Unendliches Meer!", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 179
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This text was added to the website: 2026-01-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 111