Parting song | And if we are once more forced to part

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Scheidelied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Und muß es schon wieder geschieden sein,
Mit Gott, Herzbruder, denn zieh!
Ist Er nur dein Schutz, ist Er nur dein Theil,
Verlassen bist du ja nie! 

Und mag auch nichts bittrer denn Scheiden sein,
Mit Gott verharschet die Wund',
Weilst noch du so fern, führt her mir in Eil
Die Liebe dich jegliche Stund'.

Ja müßt' es geschieden für immer sein,
Mit Gott ertrügen wirs still, 
Ist Er nur im Tod das ewige Heil,
Geschehe, geschehe sein Will'!

Herzbruder, nun muß, ach nun muß es sein!
"Mit Gott!" -- verhallt es noch fern: 
Er bleibe dein Schutz, Er bleibe dein Theil,
Dein Fels, deine Burg und dein Stern!

Confirmed with Deutscher Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1855, ed. by Otto Friedrich Gruppe, Berlin: Verlag von Georg Reimer, 1855, pages 123 - 124.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Scheidelied" [author's text checked 2 times 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), "Scheidelied", op. 282 (4 Lieder) no. 3, published 1873 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Rudolf Löw-Burckhardt (1832 - 1898), "Scheidelied", op. 1 no. 4, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], from Acht Lieder der Liebe von Friedrich Oser für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 4, Zürich: Gebrüder Hug [sung text not yet checked]

Set in a modified version by Carl Bloß, Franz Aloys Theodor Commer, Eduard Tauwitz, Philipp Tietz.

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Parting song", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2019-03-05
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Word count: 108

Parting song

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

And if we are once more forced to part,
Brother of my heart, then go with God!
If only He is your protection, if only He is your part,
You are never forsaken!

And though nothing be more bitter than parting,
With God the wound begins to heal,
Though you tarry ever so far away, love shall quickly 
Lead you back to me at every hour!

Yea, if we were forced to part forever,
With God we could quietly bear it,
If only He is our eternal salvation in death,
May His will be done, be done!

Brother of my heart, now it must, ah now it must be!
"With God" -- it still echoes distantly:
May He remain your protection, may He remain your part,
Your rock, your refuge and your [guiding] star!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Scheidelied"
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This text was added to the website: 2026-05-28
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Word count: 133