What has this kiss done to you | What has this kiss done to you

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by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Was hat getan dir dieser eine Kuß

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Was hat getan dir dieser eine Kuß,
Daß jetzt dein Mund erschrocken stehen muß,
Daß deine Lippen wie Libellenflügel beben?
Und deiner Hände offene Schalen heben
Sich gegen mich, als wäre jäh genommen
Was keine fremde Hand noch darf bekommen.
Aus Augen rufet eine Seele mir heraus:
Kann ich nimmer in mein Haus?

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Hans Heinrich Ehrler, Lieder an ein Mädchen, München: Albert Langen, [1912], page 59.

Text Authorship:

by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951), no title, appears in Lieder an ein Mädchen [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 Margarete Schweikert (1887 - 1957), "Was hat getan dir dieser eine Kuß", op. 15 no. 5 (1922) [ tenor and piano ], from Lieder an ein Mädchen nach Gedichten von Hans Heinrich Ehrler, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "What has this kiss done to you", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2022-09-18
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Word count: 53

What has this kiss done to you

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

What has this kiss done to you,
That your mouth must now stand startled,
That your lips must tremble like the wings of a dragonfly?
And your hands lift open vessels 
Against me, as if that had been precipitously taken
What no foreign hand yet is permitted to receive.
From eyes a soul calls out to me:
May I never enter my house?

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951), no title, appears in Lieder an ein Mädchen
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This text was added to the website: 2022-10-05
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Word count: 63