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by Moritz Kartscher (1793? - 1834)

Der erste Kuss
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Lippe brennt, die Wange glüht,
Verlangen sprüht das düstere Auge in Thränen;
wer kühlt die Gluth, wer stillt das Blut,
wo endet das endlose Sehnen?

Das Wort erstirbt, die Seele bebt,
verzagend hebt das Herz sich in hoffender Liebe,
wer hemmt die Fluth, wer stärkt den Muth,
wer hellet die nächtliche Trübe?

Das Leben blüht, es ruft die Lust!
an Liebchens Brust wohnt selige Ruhe hinieden;
der Liebe Gruß, der erste Kuß
bringt kosend den himmlischen Frieden.

Text Authorship:

  • by Moritz Kartscher (1793? - 1834) [author's text not yet checked 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 Louis [Ludwig] Spohr (1784 - 1859), "Der erste Kuss", op. 41 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 5 (1816) [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2009-04-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 78

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