[Dieser Monat ist ein]1 Kuß
Den der Himmel gibt der Erde 
Daß sie jetzund seine Braut 
Künfftig eine Mutter werde.

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Confirmed with Salomon von Golaw, Deutscher Sinn-Getichte, Bresslaw: Caspar Kloßmann, 1654, page 85.

¹ Taubert: "Holder Mai, du bist der"; further changes may exist not shown above.

Text Authorship:

• by Friedrich von Logau (1604 - 1655), as Salomon von Golaw, "Der May" [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 Ernst Edward Taubert (1838 - 1934), "Sinnspruch", op. 44 (Sieben Gesänge für mehrstimmigen Männerchor), Heft 2 no. 7, published 1889 [ mixed chorus ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]

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