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by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729 - 1781)

Das Umwechseln
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der Bruder:
Liebe Schwester, wer ist die?
Deine Freundin? darf ich küssen?
O wie frei, wie schön ist sie!
Liebe Schwester darf ich küssen?

Die Schwester:
Pfui! Ihr Bruder ist ja hier.
Willst du, daß [ers]1 sieht, sie küssen?
Schäm dich! diesesmal wird dir
Wohl die Lust vergehen müssen.

Der Bruder:
Schwester, geh zum Bruder hin; 2
Laß dich von dem Bruder küssen; 3
Dann, weil ich dein Bruder bin, 4
Darf ich seine Schwester küssen. 5

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Herbing 

View original text (without footnotes)
1 Herbing: "er"
2 Herbing adds "Bruder, geh zur Schwester hin"
3 Herbing adds "Laß dich von der Schwester küssen"
4 Herbing adds "Weil ich deine Schwester bin"
5 Herbing adds "Darf ich ihren Bruder küssen"

Text Authorship:

  • by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729 - 1781), "Das Umwechseln" [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 August Bernhard Valentin Herbing (1735 - 1766), "Das Umwechseln" [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-11-19
Line count: 15
Word count: 78

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