Der Kuß | Unter Blüten des Mais spielt' ich mit ihrer Hand

by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776) and by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826)

Der Kuß

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA SPA

Unter Blüten des Mais spielt' ich mit ihrer Hand,
Koste liebend mit ihr, schaute mein schwebendes
Bild im Auge des Mädchens,
Raubt' ihr bebend den ersten Kuß.

Zuckend fliegt nun der Kuß, wie ein versengend Feu'r,
Mir durch Mark und Gebein. Du, die Unsterblichkeit
Durch die Lippen mir sprühte,
Wehe, wehe mir Kühlung zu!

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Note: this text was published posthumously in an altered form by Johann Heinrich Voss.

Text Authorship:

by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), written 1776, first published 1778 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826), written 1776, first published 1778 [author's text not yet checked 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 Gottlob Bachmann (1763 - 1840), "Der Kuß", op. 33 no. 3 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Oden, beym Clavier zu singen, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Der Kuß", op. 19 (Fünf Gedichte) no. 1 (1858), published 1862 [ voice and piano ], Bonn, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
by Georg Christoph Grossheim (1764 - 1841), "Der Kuß", 1805/6? [sung text not yet checked]
by Max Kretschmar , "Der Kuß", op. 16 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Dessau, Kahle's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
by Anton Urspruch (1850 - 1907), "Der Kuss", op. 16 no. 1, published 1882 [ men's chorus (2T3B) ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 54