by
Günther Walling (1839 - 1896)
Als ich zuerst Dich küßte
Language: German (Deutsch)
Als ich zuerst Dich küßte,
Blühten die Thale so reich,
Dann, als der Lenz ging zur Rüste,
Sanken die Blüthen vom Zweig.
Tiefer drauf neigten die Aeste
Sich unter goldener Last,
Schnäbelnde Tauben im Neste
Hielten wir selige Rast;
Sahn nicht, wie früchtegebogen
Senkte die Zweige der Baum,
Wochen und Monde entflogen
Lenz uns und Sommer wie Traum.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Günther Walling (Carl Ulrici), Von Lenz zu Herbst. Dichtungen, Zweite vielfach veränderte Auflage, Leipzig und Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Friedrich, 1887, page 19.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Maximilian Heidrich (1864 - 1909), "Herbst", op. 8 no. 4, published 1890 [ satb quartet and piano duet ], from Fünf Lieder aus Sevilla, no. 4, Leipzig: Dörffel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932), "Als ich zuerst dich küsste", op. 53 no. 1, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], from Spanische Liebeslieder - Drei Gedichte von Günther Walling, no. 1, Hamburg, Rahter [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "Als ich zuerst Dich küßte", op. 14 no. 6 (1890), published 1897 [ voice and piano ], from Ur en kärlekssaga. Sju sånger, no. 6, Stockholm: Hirsch [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "When I first kissed you", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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When I first kissed you
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
When I first kissed you
The valleys bloomed so richly,
Then, when spring drew to a close,
The blossoms drifted down from the branch.
Thereupon the branches inclined
Further under a golden burden,
Like doves billing and cooing in their nest
We rested joyfully;
We did not see how, fruit-laden,
The tree bent down its branches,
Weeks and months, spring and summer
Flew by for us like a dream.
Translated title(s):
"Als ich zuerst Dich küßte" = "When I first kissed you"
"Herbst" = "Autumn"
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