Final comfort | Like a rose in the dew of May

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Letzter Trost

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Der Rose gleich im Maienthau 
O! hat mein Herz erquickt 
Ein Blümchen, das auf kahler Au 
Zuletzt mir zugenickt.

Und wie der Duft im Blüthenthal 
O! hat gesegnet mich 
Ein Hauch, der, ob die Blätter fahl, 
Noch durch die Haide strich.

Und wie der hellste Sonnenschein
O! hat mir Trost gebracht
Ein Strahl, der mir in's Herz hinein 
Fiel aus der Wolkennacht.

Du letzter Trost, wie süß bist du, 
Und rufst den Lenz zurück 
Mit aller Wonne mir im Nu, 
Mit allem Glanz und Glück!

Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 127-128.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Letzter Trost", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 144 [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 Reinhold Reich (1842 - 1900) [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Final comfort", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-10-05
Line count: 16
Word count: 85

Final comfort

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Like a rose in the dew of May,
Oh! my heart was refreshed
By a little flower that recently
Nodded to me upon the bare meadow.

And like the scent in a valley of blossoms 
Oh! I was blessed by a breath
That, though the leaves were drab,
Still passed through the heath.

And like the brightest sunshine
Oh! I was given comfort
By a beam [of light] that fell into my heart
From the night of clouds.

You final comfort, how sweet you are,
And [how you] in a trice 
Call springtime back to me
In all its bliss, radiance and happiness!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Letzter Trost", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 144
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This text was added to the website: 2025-10-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 103