by
Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Hast du die Lippen mir wund geküßt
Language: German (Deutsch)
Hast du die Lippen mir wund geküßt,
So küsse sie wieder heil,
Und wenn du bis Abend nicht fertig bist,
So [hat es]1 auch keine Eil.
[Du hast ja]2 noch die ganze Nacht,
Du Herzallerliebste mein!
Man kann in solch einer [ganzen]3 Nacht
Viel küssen und selig sein.
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1 Goldschmidt: "hat's damit"
2 Goldschmidt: "Bleibt uns ja doch"
3 Goldschmidt: "langen"
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Hast du die Lippen mir Wund geküßt", published c2004-5 [ low voice and piano ], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Frühlingzyklus, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gerald M. Ginsburg (b. 1933), "Nachtlied", 2001, published c2003, from Aus Schmerzen zu Lieder, no. 14 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adalbert von Goldschmidt (1848 - 1906), "Hast du die Lippen mir wundgeküßt", op. 1 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Bösendorfer [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Neal (1870 - ?), "Lied", op. 21 (Fünf Lieder für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1892 [ low voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Béla Nemes Hegyi , "Hast du die Lippen mir wundgeküßt", from Acht Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter Rabl (1873 - 1940), "Und hast du die Lippen mir wundgeküßt", op. 4 (Vier Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Scherchen (1891 - 1966), "Hast du die Lippen mir wund geküßt", op. 2 (Heine-Lieder) no. 5, published 1920 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Hast du die Lippen mir wundgeküßt", 1906, from 10 Lieder von Heinrich Heine, no. 7, unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-05-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 51
If you have kissed my lips until they...
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
If you have kissed my lips until they ache,
Then kiss them until they are well again,
And if you haven’t finished by evening,
There is truly no hurry.
Indeed, you still have the whole night,
My most beloved!
In such a whole night, one can have
Much kissing and delight.
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Translations of titles:
"Hast du die Lippen mir Wund geküßt" = "If you have kissed my lips until they ache"
"Lied" = "Song"
"Nachtlied" = "Night Song"
"Und hast du die Lippen mir wundgeküßt" = "And if you have kissed my lips until they ache"
Text Authorship:
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This text was added to the website: 2026-07-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 51
