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by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858)

O sey nicht so spröde
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
  O sey nicht so spröde,
Du liebliches Kind!
Komm, sink an die Brust mir,
Und küss' mich geschwind!
Verschmähst du die Lippe,
Die Liebe dir bot:
Ach! Ach!
So gräm' ich mich todt.

  Wie foltert mich Sehnsucht,
Wie klopft mir das Herz,
Ein Kuß nur besänftigt
Den quälenden Schmerz.
Und färbet dein Mund sich
Für Andere roth:
Ach! Ach!
So gräm' ich mich todt.

  Sich küssen sei Sünde,
Sagt Mütterchen zwar;
Doch glaube mir, Liebchen!
Sie redet nicht wahr.
Befolgest du dennoch
Der Mutter [Verbot]1:
Ach! Ach!
So gräm' ich mich todt.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   K. Reissiger 

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Confirmed with Wilhlem Gerhard, Gedichte, Leipzig: Verlag von Joh. Ambr. Barth., 1826, page 40

1 Reissiger: "Gebot"

Text Authorship:

  • by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Kuß oder Tod" [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 Carl Gottlieb Erfurt (1807 - 1856), "Kuß oder Tod", c1829 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Kuß oder Tod", op. 54 no. 3 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder von Wilhelm Gerhard, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Kuß oder Tod", op. 69 no. 4, published 1831 [ voice and piano ], from 6 heitere Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung , no. 4, Dresden, Paul [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Eduard Tauwitz (1812 - 1894), "O sei nicht so spröde ", published 1837 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], from Sechs Lieder für 4 Männerstimmen, no. 2, Breslau, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Kiss or death", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-12-12
Line count: 24
Word count: 94

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