The most beautiful song | To be sure, it is sweet to praise

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Das schönste Lied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Wohl ist es süß, zu preisen
In auserles'nen Weisen
Die Liebste hold und rein;
  Viel süßer doch, sich küssen,
Sich durch die Augen grüßen
In's tiefe Herz hinein!

  O stilles, sel'ges Zagen,
Kein Lied vermag's zu sagen,
Was durch das Herz dir zieht!
  O Himmel [aller Orten]¹,
Dein Lieb ist selber worden
Zum allerschönsten Lied!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• B. Randhartinger

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Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 202-203.

¹ Randhartinger: "allerorten"

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Das schönste Lied", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 229 [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 Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Das schönste Lied" [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2022-07-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 58

The most beautiful song

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  To be sure, it is sweet to praise
In exquisite melodies
One's lovely and pure beloved;
  Much sweeter, though, to kiss each other,
To greet each other through our gazes
Into the depths of our hearts!

  Oh quiet, blissful trembling,
No song can express
What passes through the heart!
  Oh, everywhere is Heaven,
Your love itself has become
The most beautiful of songs!

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Das schönste Lied", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 229
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This text was added to the website: 2026-04-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 64