First love | Quietly I asked: Do you love me?

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by (Johann) Otto Prechtler (1813 - 1881)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Erste Liebe

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich fragte leise: Liebst du mich?--
  Da senktest du die Augen;
Du sagtest: Ja! -- ich liebe dich!--
  Kam dir's vom Herzen?--
 
Ich hauchte da den ersten Kuß
  Auf deine blühenden Lippen;
Sie zitterten bei diesem Gruß --
  Kam das vom Herzen? --
 
In deine Wangen stieg die Gluth!
  Von Purpur übergossen
Schaltst du den allzufrevlen Muth --
  Kam dirs [sic] vom Herzen? --
 
Und freudiger umfaßt' ich dich
  Im süßen Liebessturme!
Da grolltest du -- da flohst du mich! --
  Kam dir's vom Herzen? -- --

Confirmed with O.L.B. Wolff, Poetischer Hausschatz des deutschen Volkes, Leipzig: Verlag von Otto Wigand, 1850, page 121

Text Authorship:

by (Johann) Otto Prechtler (1813 - 1881), "Erste Liebe" [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 Rudolph Palme (1834 - 1909), "Erste Liebe", op. 15 no. 1 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], from Liebesglück. Liederkreis Heft II für Tenor oder Sopran, no. 1, Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen [sung text not yet checked]
by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Erste Liebe", op. 17 (Vier Gesänge für 1 mittlere und tiefere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "First love", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2016-10-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 78

First love

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Quietly I asked: Do you love me? --
  At that your eyes fell;
You said: Yes! -- I love you! --
  Did it come from your heart? --
 
I breathed forth the first kiss
  Upon your blooming lips;
They trembled at this greeting --
  Was that from your heart? --
 
A glowing blush rose to your cheeks!
  Drenched in crimson
You scolded the all too great audacity --
  Did that come from your heart? --
 
And more joyfully I embraced you
  In the sweet storm of love!
Then you became angry -- then you fled from me! --
  Did that come from your heart? -- --

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a text in German (Deutsch) by (Johann) Otto Prechtler (1813 - 1881), "Erste Liebe"
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This text was added to the website: 2016-10-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 94