De kus | Ik was bij Chloë heel alleen

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by Christian Felix Weisse (1726 - 1804)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Ich war bei Chloen ganz allein

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE GRE ITA ITA POR

Ich war bei Chloen ganz allein,
Und küssen wollt' ich sie.
Jedoch sie sprach, sie würde schrein,
Es sei vergebne Müh!

Ich wagt' es doch und küßte sie,
Trotz ihrer Gegenwehr.
Und schrie sie nicht? Jawohl, sie schrie --
Doch lange hinterher.

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Text Authorship:

by Christian Felix Weisse (1726 - 1804), "Der Kuss", written 1758, appears in Scherzhafte Lieder, Leipzig [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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Der Kuß", op. 128 (1822) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Carl Bohm (1844 - 1920), "Lange nachher", op. 326 (Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme -- für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De kus", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I was alone with Chloe", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le baiser", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Il bacio", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Il bacio", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POR Portuguese (Português) (Caê Vieira) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 41

De kus

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Ik was bij Chloë heel alleen,
En kussen wou ik haar.
Maar nee, zij sprak “Ik schreeuw meteen!”
Met haar kwam ik niet klaar!
 
Ik waagde  ’t toch en kuste haar,
Ondanks haar tegenstand.
Gaf ‘t geen geschreeuw? Ja, groot misbaar –
Maar lang pas naderhand.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Felix Weisse (1726 - 1804), "Der Kuss", written 1758, appears in Scherzhafte Lieder, Leipzig
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This text was added to the website: 2014-08-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 46