Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud

Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud
Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud
Hymn
	A three-part setting in a hymnal of the Lutheran congregations in Philadelphia, 1876
English	Go Forth, My Heart, and Seek Delight
Text	by Paul Gerhardt
Language	German
Melody	Johann Georg Ebeling (1667); August Harder (1800s);
Published	1653 (without melody)

"Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud" ("Go forth, my heart, and seek delight") is a summer hymn with a text in German by the theologian Paul Gerhardt, written in 1653. It was first published in the same year in the fifth edition of Johann Crüger's hymnal, Praxis pietatis melica. The hymn was sung to several melodies, with the most popular one composed by August Harder. Later, it became a Volkslied in an abridged version.

The song was rendered into several English-language versions. A Swedish version became a popular graduation song.