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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Liebste, wer von Anfang ist Vertrauter
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Liebste, wer [von Anfang ist]1 Vertrauter
Unsres Bunds gewesen? Gott allein. 
Und als ew'ger Bundeszeuge schaut er 
Noch von dort in unser Herz herein.
Liebste, Niemand kann so rein, so lauter
Der Vermittler unsrer' Liebe seyn.
Liebste, nie ein anderer Vertrauter 
Stehe zwischen uns, als Gott allein.

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1 Meinardus: "ist vom Anfang"; further changes may exist not noted above.

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title [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 Ludwig Siegfried Meinardus (1827 - 1896), "Liebste, wer ist vom Anfang Vertrauter", op. 8 no. 14, published 1853 [voice and piano], from Liebesfrühling. Liederkranz von F. Rückert, no. 14, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-11-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 48

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