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Purpurmund! sammetne Augen! Stolze Tulpe, des Gartens Zier -- Neige dich, Schlanke, der Gluthbegier Wonne zu saugen! Feuerblume! doch wisse: Besser wär' es der Lieb' und dir, Neigtest du zagende Lippen mir, Gleich der Narzisse!
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with: Rosenblätter. Lieder und Sprüche des Volkssängers und Improvisators Assim-Agha Gül hanedé, Dem Neutürkischen nachgedichtet von Bernhardine Schulze-Smidt, Leipzig: Verlag von Schmidt & Günther, 1893, page 28.
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Crimson lips! velvet eyes! Proud tulip, the adornment of the garden -- Incline yourself, slender one, to imbibe The bliss of glowing desire! Fire-flower! but know: It would be better for love and for you, If you inclined tremulous lips to me, As the narcissus does!
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"Tulpe" = "Tulip"
"Tulpe (Lalé)" = "Tulip (Lalé)"
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