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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Ehmals glaubt ich, alle Küsse
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ehmals glaubt ich, alle Küsse,
Die ein Weib uns gibt und nimmt,
Seien uns, durch Schicksalsschlüsse,
Schon urzeitlich vorbestimmt.

Küsse nahm ich, und ich küßte
So mit Ernst in jener Zeit,
Als ob ich erfüllen müßte
Taten der Notwendigkeit.

Jetzo weiß ich, überflüssig,
Wie so manches, ist der Kuß,
Und mit leichtern Sinnen küß ich,
Glaubenlos im Überfluß.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Hortense, no. 1 [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 Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Ehmals glaubt ich, alle Küsse " [ voice and piano ], from Hortense, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Ehmals glaubt ich, alle Küsse", 2007, published c2007-8 [ high voice and piano ], from Verschiedene : vol. 1, Seraphine-Hortense, no. 27 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gerald M. Ginsburg (b. 1933), "Küssen", 2001, published c2003, from Aus Schmerzen zu Lieder, no. 28 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-11-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 58

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