More beautiful with every passing hour | More beautiful with every passing hour

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Noch schöner mit jeder Stunde

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Noch schöner mit jeder Stunde, 
Wie weit wir schauen zurück, 
Noch reicher wird unsre Wonne, 
Noch größer wird unser Glück! 

Wohl frag' ich immer mich wieder: 
Was kann denn schöner noch sein, 
Als dir, als dir in die Augen 
Glückselig schauen hinein? 

Herzliebste, was soll's noch werden, 
Herzliebste, wie mag's noch gehn, 
Wenn Zwei im innersten Grunde 
Wie wir, wie wir sich verstehn!

Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 164.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Noch schöner mit jeder Stunde", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 185 [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]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "More beautiful with every passing hour", 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: 2025-11-07
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Word count: 63

More beautiful with every passing hour

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

More beautiful with every passing hour,
However far we look back,
Our bliss becomes even more plenteous,
Our happiness becomes even greater!

To be sure, I ask myself ever again:
What can be yet more beautiful
Than to look into your eyes,
To look blissfully into [your eyes]?

Dearest, what shall yet become of it,
Dearest, what might still happen,
When two in their innermost souls 
Understand each other as we do!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Noch schöner mit jeder Stunde", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 185
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This text was added to the website: 2026-02-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 72