An einen Kuß

Feuchtes Siegel sanfter Triebe
     Künft’gen Glückes Vorgenuß,
Süßes Band der jungen Liebe,
     Herzensblümlein, Mädchenkuß.

Sprechend Schweigen, stumm Erklären,
     Feuerquell und Kindlichkeit,
Bittend Schmeicheln, keusch’ Gewähren,
     Morgenroth der schönsten Zeit.

Und, bei’m Abschied, frohes Klagen,
     Wenn die feuchte Lippe bebt,
O, kein Wort kann schöner sagen,
     Was im Menschenherzen lebt!

Collection: 
German
Translator Simple: 
Adolf Wilhelm Ernst von Winterfeld
1860
Robert Burns

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