How love has it so good! | How love has it oh so good

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wie hat's die Liebe doch so gut

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Wie hat's die Liebe doch so gut,
Und weiß von keinem Grämen:
Je mehr sie gibt und nimmer ruht,
Je mehr nur wird sie nehmen!

  Wie hat's die Liebe doch so gut,
Und wächst mit jedem Tage,
Nimmt zu im Leid an Kraft und Muth
Und weiß von keiner Klage!

  Wie hat's die Liebe doch so gut,
Weiß Alles zu verklären,
Und mag sich, [gilt's]¹ auch Gut und Blut,
In steter Treu bewähren!

  Wie hat's die Liebe doch so gut,
Und weiß von keinem Ende,
Bis daß sie kehrt mit aller Gluth
Zurück in Gottes Hände!

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, page 218.

¹ Randhartinger: "will's"

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Wie hat's die Liebe doch so gut!", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 247 [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), "Wie hat's die Liebe doch so gut" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

This text was added to the website: 2023-02-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 98

How love has it so good!

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  How love has it oh so good,
And knows of no anxiety:
The more it gives and never rests,
Only the more shall it receive!

  How love has it oh so good,
And grows with every day,
In sorrow it increases in strength and courage
And knows of no lamenting!

  How love has it oh so good,
It knows how to transfigure everything,
And it may, even should it [cost]¹ goods and blood,
Be found steadfast in faithfulness!

  How love has it oh so good,
And knows of no end,
Until, with all its fervour,
It returns to God's hands!

Available sung text translations: ← What is this?

• B. Randhartinger

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¹ Randhartinger: "demands"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Wie hat's die Liebe doch so gut!", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 247
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This text was added to the website: 2026-05-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 102