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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wo die Liebe weilet

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Wo die Liebe weilet
Grünt und blüht das Haus; 
Wonne, Heil und Frieden theilet 
Gott mit offnen Händen aus, 
  Und es wird verbunden 
Herz und Herz noch enger alle Stunden.

  Wo die Liebe weilet,
Hat es keine Noth;
Auch den tiefsten Kummer heilet
Bald ihr sanftes Machtgebot,
  Ja ein neuer Segen,
Neue Lust entsprießt den dunkeln Wegen.

  Wo die Liebe weilet,
Weilt allein das Glück,
Daß die Seele jauchzend eilet
In das Paradies zurück,
  Und in neuen Weisen
Tag für Tag muß Gottes Treue preisen.

Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 228.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Wo die Liebe weilet", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 259 [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 Max Peters (1849 - 1927), "Wo die Liebe weilet", op. 53 (Zwei geistliche Gesänge zur Trauungsfeier) no. 2 [ satb chorus ], Frankfurt an der Oder: G. Bratfisch [sung text not yet checked]
by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Ullrich , "Wo die Liebe weilet", op. 117 (Männerchöre) no. 2, published [1910] [ men's chorus ], Godesberg am Rhein: F. Ullrich (self-published) [sung text not yet checked]
by Oskar Zehrfeld (b. 1854), op. 16 (Festklänge. 18 geistliche Gesänge.) no. 17 [ vocal trio ], Delitzsch: R. Pabst [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Where love dwells", 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: 2026-02-05
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Where love dwells

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Where love dwells,
The house burgeons with greenery and blossoms;
With open hands, God dispenses
Bliss, well-being, and peace,
  And every hour, heart with heart
Is yet more tightly bound together.

  Where love dwells,
Nothing is lacking;
Even the deepest sorrow is soon healed
By [love's] gentle [but] powerful imperative,
  Yes, a new blessing,
New joy sprouts from the dark pathways.

  Where love dwells,
There alone dwells happiness,
So that, rejoicing, the soul hastens
Back into Paradise,
  And must in new melodies
Praise God's faithfulness day after day.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Wo die Liebe weilet", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 259
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This text was added to the website: 2026-06-03
Line count: 18
Word count: 89