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War es dir, dem diese Lippen bebten, Dir der dargebotne süße Kuß? Gibt ein irdisch Leben so Genuß? Ha! wie Licht und Glanz vor meinen Augen schwebten, Alle Sinne nach den Lippen strebten! In den klaren Augen blickte Sehnsucht, die mir zärtlich winkte, Alles klang im Herzen wieder, Meine Blicke sanken nieder, Und die Lüfte tönten Liebeslieder! Wie ein Sternenpaar Glänzten die Augen, die Wangen Wiegten das goldene Haar, Blick und Lächeln schwangen Flügel, und die süßen Worte gar Weckten das tiefste Verlangen; O Kuß, wie war dein Mund so brennend rot! Da starb ich, fand ein Leben erst im schönsten Tod.
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Text Authorship:
- by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title, appears in Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter von Provence, no. 8, chapter heading: "Wie Peter die schöne Magelone besuchte" [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "War es dir, dem diese Lippen bebten", op. 33 no. 7 (1861-65), published 1865 [ voice and piano ], from Die schöne Magelone. Romanzen aus L. Tiecks Magelone, no. 7, Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Era per a tu que aquests llavis tremolaven", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Was 't voor jou dat deze lippen beefden?", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Was it you for whom these lips trembled", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Fu per te, che queste labbra", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Ar tai tau žėravo šitos lūpos", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- TUR Turkish (Türkçe) (Gül Sabar) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Was 't voor jou dat deze lippen beefden, Was voor jou die kus, dat zoete bod? Kan de aarde geven zulk genot? Ha, hoe licht en glans mij voor de ogen zweefden, Al mijn zinnen naar die lippen streefden! In jouw klare ogen blonk een Hunk'ring, 't was een teder lonken. Alles heeft in 't hart weerklonken, En mijn blikken zijn gezonken, En de winden zongen liefdeslied'ren! Als een sterrenpaar Glansden jouw ogen, je wangen Wiegden jouw gouden haar, Glimlachvogels vangen Mocht ik, en jouw zoete woordenschaar Wekte het diepste verlangen; O kus, wat was je mond toch brandend rood! Daar stierf ik, vond een leven eerst in de mooiste dood.
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- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2015 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title, appears in Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter von Provence, no. 8, chapter heading: "Wie Peter die schöne Magelone besuchte"
This text was added to the website: 2015-10-03
Line count: 18
Word count: 111