I shall love you forevermore | I shall love you forevermore

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by (Carl Friedrich) Julius Altmann (1814 - 1873)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Immerdar lieb' ich dich

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Immerdar lieb' ich dich -- 
   Herzsüße Maid! 
Dein bin ich ewiglich --
   Herzsüße Maid! 
Treu nur für dich, für dich, 
Bis daß die Seel' entwich, 
Lebe ich, athme ich -- 
   Herzsüße Maid! 

Nichts von dir trennet mich --
   Herzsüße Maid! 
Nie läßt mich Lieb' in Stich -- 
   Herzsüße Maid! 
Ärg're das Weltall sich 
Neidisch auch über mich: 
Liebe mich, wie ich dich --
   Herzsüße Maid!

Confirmed with Aus einem Dichterleben. Lieder und Spüche aus den Jahren 1860 bis 1868, Zweiter Band, Berlin: Verlag von W. Moeser, [no year], page 254.

Text Authorship:

by (Carl Friedrich) Julius Altmann (1814 - 1873), "Immerdar lieb' ich dich" [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 Carl Attenhofer (1837 - 1914), "Immerdar lieb' ich dich", op. 53 (Acht leichte Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 6, published 1885 [ ttbb chorus ], Zürich: Gebrüder Hug & Co. [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2025-07-27
Line count: 16
Word count: 59

I shall love you forevermore

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I shall love you forevermore --
   Sweet maiden!
I am yours eternally --
   Sweet maiden!
Faithful only to you, to you,
Until my soul departs [from my body],
I live, I breathe --
   Sweet maiden!

Nothing can separate me from you --
   Sweet maiden!
Love shall never leave me in the lurch -- 
   Sweet maiden!
Though in jealousy the world
Be vexed with me:
Love me as I love you --
   Sweet maiden!

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by (Carl Friedrich) Julius Altmann (1814 - 1873), "Immerdar lieb' ich dich"
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This text was added to the website: 2025-08-14
Line count: 16
Word count: 67