There is nothing better on earth

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by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Es ist nichts bess'res auf der Welt

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Es ist nichts bess'res auf der Welt,
Als wenn in Treuen hat gestellt
Das Herz sich hin zum Herzen.
Untreu' ist stark in arger Welt,
Doch Treue wie das Gotteszelt
Mit seinen Sternenkerzen.

  Die Linde rauscht, der Bronnen fließt,
Die Treue ohne Winter ist,
Grünt immer, welket nimmer.
Und wer ein treues Herze fand,
Dem gab der Herr für's Erdenland
Des Himmels Sonnenschimmer.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Franz Alfred Muth, Waldblumen, Dritte, durchaus ausgewählte und reich vermehrte Auflage, Paderborn: Druck und Verlag von Ferdinand Schöningh, 1885, page 98.

Text Authorship:

by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), "Chor", appears in Waldblumen, in 2. Herzensklänge und Lebensstimmen [3rd edition], in Minnetreue, in Zweite Abtheilung, no. 9 [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 Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Es ist nichts Bess'res auf der Welt", op. 189 (Zwölf zweistimmige Lieder im Volkston mit Pianoforte) no. 11, published 1886 [ vocal duet with piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

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There is nothing better on earth

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  There is nothing better on earth
Than when a heart in faithfulness
Has placed itself beside another heart.
Faithlessness is strong in the evil world,
But faithfulness is like God’s vault of heaven
With its star-candles.

  The linden-tree soughs, the wellspring flows
Faithfulness is without winter --
Is ever green, never wilts.
And those who have found a faithful heart,
To them for their time on earth
God has given the shimmer of Heaven's sunlight.

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Translations of title(s):
"Chor" = "Chorus"
"Es ist nichts Bess'res auf der Welt" = "There is nothing better on earth"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), "Chor", appears in Waldblumen, in 2. Herzensklänge und Lebensstimmen [3rd edition], in Minnetreue, in Zweite Abtheilung, no. 9
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This text was added to the website: 2021-03-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 75