by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729 - 1781)
Der Neid, o Kind
Language: German (Deutsch)
Der Neid, o Kind, Zählt unsre Küsse: Drum küß geschwind Ein Tausend Küsse; Geschwind du [mich]1, Geschwind ich [dich]2! [Geschwind, geschwind]3, [O Laura]4, küsse Manch Tausend Küsse: Damit er sich Verzählen müsse, [Der ungeküsste Neid]5.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Karg-Elert: "mir"
2 Karg-Elert: "dir"
3 Karg-Elert: "Geschwind, geschwind, geschwind, geschwind"
4 Karg-Elert: "Geliebte"
5 Karg-Elert: "Geschwind, geschwind" eight times.
Text Authorship:
- by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729 - 1781), "Die Küsse", appears in Lieder [author's text not yet checked 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 August Bernhard Valentin Herbing (1735 - 1766), "Der Neid" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877 - 1933), "Geschwind", op. 56 no. 5, published 1907, from Zehn Epigramme von Lessing, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2004-08-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 35