Happiness of love | Happy, happy is he

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Liebesglück

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Glücklich, glücklich,
Wer sein ein Lieb nennt,
Glücklich, glücklich
All Zeit und Stund! 
  Ach! wenn du's wüßtest,
  Der nie du noch küßtest
  Würdest nicht warten,
  Zu pflanzen im Garten
     Liebe, Liebe,
Die da macht glücklich,
Glücklich, glücklich,
All Zeit und Stund! 

Armer, Armer,
Der du allein gehst,
Friedlos, freudlos
Des Lebens Pfad! 
  Säume nicht länger,
  Ach! bänger und bänger
  Werden die Jahre,
  Bald bleichen die Haare!
     Einsam, einsam
Endet und freudlos,
Friedlos, freudlos
Dein Lebenspfad! 

Glücklich, glücklich,
Wer sein ein Lieb nennt,
Glücklich, glücklich
All Zeit und Stund!
  Ach! wenn du's wüßtest,
  Der nie du noch küßtest
  Würdest nicht warten,
  Zu pflanzen im Garten
     Liebe, Liebe,
Die da macht glücklich,
Glücklich, glücklich,
All Zeit und Stund!

Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 201-202.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Liebesglück", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 228 [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 (Friedrich) Oskar Wermann (1840 - 1906), "Liebesglück", op. 53 (Fünf Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme -- für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 1, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Näumann [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Happiness of love", 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: 2017-11-06
Line count: 36
Word count: 116

Happiness of love

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Happy, happy is he
Who calls a beloved his own,
Happy, happy,
At all times and every hour!
  Ah! if you but knew,
  You who have never yet kissed anyone
  Would not tarry
  In planting in your garden
     Love, love,
That makes one happy
Happy, happy
At all times and every hour!

You poor one, poor one,
Who walks in solitude
Peaceless, joyless
Is your life's pathway!
  Do not tarry any longer,
  Ah! more and more anxious
  Shall the years become,
  Soon your hair shall lose its colour!
     Solitary, lonely
And joyless,
Peaceless, joyless
[Shall be] the end of your life's pathway!

Happy, happy is he
Who calls a beloved his own,
Happy, happy,
At all times and every hour!
  Ah! if you but knew,
  You who have never yet kissed anyone
  Would not tarry
  In planting in your garden
     Love, love
That makes one happy
Happy, happy
At all times and every hour!

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Liebesglück", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 228
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This text was added to the website: 2026-04-25
Line count: 36
Word count: 154