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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Nun ist's mit dem Schreiben zu End

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Nun ist's mit dem Schreiben zu End,
Und geben wir, Schatz, uns die Händ! 
  Und lesen wir's frisch aus den Augen uns Beid, 
Wie treu wir uns lieben in Freud' und in Leid! 
  Nun ist's mit dem Schreiben zu End,
Und geben wir, Schatz, uns die Händ!

  So arm nur ist, was ich dir schrieb,
Hab mehr noch, viel mehr noch dich lieb!
  Kein Lied in der Welt, ach kein Lied ja sagt's ganz, 
Wie reich auch sein Duft und wie reich auch sein Glanz!
  So arm nur ist, was ich dir schrieb, 
Hab mehr noch, viel mehr noch dich lieb!

  Vergessen ist Leid nun und Schmerz,
Ach, drück' ich dich wieder an's Herz!
  Ein Kuß nun, der sagt's und ein Blick und ein Gruß
Viel besser, wie ewig ich lieben dich muß! 
  Vergessen ist Leid nun und Schmerz. 
  Ach, drück' ich dich wieder an's Herz!

Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 197-198.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Nun ist's mit dem Schreiben zu End!", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 224 [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]
by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [sung text not yet checked]
by (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm (1834 - 1911), "Nun ist's mit dem Schreiben zu End", op. 84 (Vier Gesänge für gemischten Chor) no. 1, published 1889 [ satb chorus ], Leipzig: J. Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Now there is an end to the letter-writing!", 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: 2025-04-06
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Word count: 147

Now there is an end to the letter‑writing!

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Now there is an end to the letter-writing!
And let us, my darling, give each other our hands!
  And let us read anew from each other's eyes
How faithfully we love one another in joy and in sorrow!
  Now there is an end to the letter-writing!
And let us, my darling, give each other our hands!

  So inadequate is that which I wrote to you,
For I love you more, much more than that!
  No poem in the world, ah no poem can quite express it,
No matter how rich its scent and how rich its radiance!
  So inadequate is that which I wrote to you,
For I love you more, much more than that!

  Sorrow and pain are now forgotten,
Ah, [now] that I press you once more to my heart!
  One kiss now, that says it, and a glance and a greeting
[Say it] much better, how I must love you forever!
    Sorrow and pain are now forgotten,
Ah, [now] that I press you once more to my heart!

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Nun ist's mit dem Schreiben zu End!", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 224
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This text was added to the website: 2026-04-23
Line count: 18
Word count: 172