Was Liebe sei

Dichter! was Liebe sei, mir nicht verhehle!
Liebe ist das Atemholen der Seele.
Dichter! was ein Kuss sei, du mir verkünde!
Je kürzer er ist, um so grösser die Sünde!

by Charlotte von Hagn (1809-1891)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Franz (Ferencz) Liszt (1811-1886) , "Was Liebe sei", published 1844, rev. 1879.

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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