Was hat getan dir dieser eine Kuß
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Was hat getan dir dieser eine Kuß,
Daß jetzt dein Mund erschrocken stehen muß,
Daß deine Lippen wie Libellenflügel beben?
Und deiner Hände offene Schalen heben
Sich gegen mich, als wäre jäh genommen
Was keine fremde Hand noch darf bekommen.
Aus Augen rufet eine Seele mir heraus:
Kann ich nimmer in mein Haus?
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Hans Heinrich Ehrler, Lieder an ein Mädchen, München: Albert Langen, [1912], page 59.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "What has this kiss done to you", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2022-09-18
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What has this kiss done to you
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
What has this kiss done to you,
That your mouth must now stand startled,
That your lips must tremble like the wings of a dragonfly?
And your hands lift open vessels
Against me, as if that had been precipitously taken
What no foreign hand yet is permitted to receive.
From eyes a soul calls out to me:
May I never enter my house?
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2022 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2022-10-05
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