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Willst kommen zur Laube, so schattig und kühl? Da dienen uns Rosen voll Thaues zum Pfühl. Willst du! willst du, willst du, willst du Kommen, mein Lieb? Da ruhst du auf Rosen wohl unter dem Strauch, Erröthend die Wänglein, doch Lächeln im Aug'. Willst du, willst du, willst du, willst du Lächeln, mein Lieb? Doch röther als Rosen, mein Lieb, ist dein Mund, Und süßer als Thau ist dein Küssen zur Stund'. Willst du, willst du, willst du, willst du Küssen, mein Lieb? Und, o, dann der Freuden, die süßer fürwahr Als Thau und als Rosen und Küsse sogar! Willst du, willst du, willst du, willst du Willst nicht, mein Lieb?
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Gedichte von Ferdinand Freiligrath, Wohlfeile Ausgabe, Zehnte Auflage, Stuttgart: Verlag der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1871, pages 343-344
Text Authorship:
- by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876), "Will you come to the bower?" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "Will you come to the bower?"
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This text was added to the website: 2007-11-22
Line count: 16
Word count: 119
Would you come to the arbour, so shady and cool? There, roses full of dew shall serve as our pillow. Would you! would you, would you, would you< sup>1 Come, my love? There you would rest upon roses under the brush, Your cheeks blushing, but smiling in your eyes. Would you, would you, would you, would you< sup>1 Smile, my love? But more red than roses, my love, are your lips, And sweeter than dew is your kissing at this hour. Would you, would you, would you, would you< sup>1 Kiss, my love? And, oh, then the joys that are truly sweeter Than dew and than roses and even than kisses! Would you, would you, would you, would you< sup>1 Would you not, my love?
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"Willst du kommen, mein Lieb?" = "Would you come, my love?"
"Willst du kommen zur Laube" = "Would you come to the arbour"
"Will jou come to the bower" = "Will you come to the bower"
"Will you come to the bower?" = "Will you come to the bower?"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876), "Will you come to the bower?"
Based on:
- a text in English by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "Will you come to the bower?"
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This text was added to the website: 2017-07-04
Line count: 16
Word count: 130