By the pond | You my bliss, you my happiness

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Am Teiche

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Du meine Wonne, du meine Freude, 
Fluthender Teich am wilden Gestäude! 
  Dunkelen Auges, siehst du mich nahn, 
Traut wie ein Märchen blickst du mich an!

  Lustige Wellen! ach, wie vor Zeiten 
Hör' ich euch singen, seh' ich euch gleiten; 
  Grünende Zweige, Blumen voll Gluth 
Zierlich euch bücken nieder zur Fluth!

  Nehmt sie die Sorgen, nehmt sie hinunter, 
Ei! wie das Herz gleich schlägt mir so munter! 
  Und was mich grämt noch, Wellen, zur Stund 
Laßt es versinken tief auf den Grund! 

  Du meine Wonne, du meine Freude, 
Fluthender Teich am wilden Gestäude! 
  Ja! wie voreinst noch, siehst du mich nahn, 
Heilend und tröstend blickst du mich an!

Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 63-64.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Am Teiche", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 72 [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 Bruno Ramann (1832 - 1897) [sung text not yet checked]
by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "By the pond", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-05-17
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Word count: 108

By the pond

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  You my bliss, you my happiness,
Surging pond by the wild shrubbery!
  With a darkening eye you see me approach,
Familiar as a fairy-tale you gaze at me!

  Merry waves! ah, as in past times
I hear you sing, see you glide;
  Greening branches, flower full of glow
[I see you] gracefully inclining yourself toward the waters!

  Take them, my anxieties, carry them down,
Ah! how my heart immediately beats so cheerfully!
  And that which still troubles me, waves, at this hour,
Let it be submerged deep upon the bottom!

  You my bliss, you my happiness,
Surging pond by the wild shrubbery!
  Yes! as formerly yet, you see me approach,
Healingly and comfortingly you gaze at me!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Am Teiche", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 72
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This text was added to the website: 2025-05-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 118