Der Kuss [English translation]

There was once a maid,

Beautiful as the morning dew.

She was so young and innocent,

She was on her way to being the woman.

For eleven gold and a ring

She gave her first kiss

A rich merchant's son,

Without love or pleasure,

Without love or pleasure.

Kiss Me! Kiss me gently and wildly,

Seal my lips!

Kiss me here and now!

Only your kiss will satisfy my greed.

Kiss me gently and wildly,

Seal my lips!

Kiss me here and now!

Only your kiss will satisfy my greed.

The maid matured into the woman,

And cruel came the hour,

As for a gold she flourished

Eleven kisses on the mouth.

Her smile froze to ice,

But time is a rushing river.

Soon she herself pays eleven pieces of gold

For a cold kiss.

Kiss Me! Kiss me gently and wildly,

Seal my lips!

Kiss me now and here!

Only your kiss will satisfy my greed.

Kiss me gently and wildly,

Seal my lips!

Kiss me now and here!

Only your kiss will satisfy my greed.

And as time went on,

She went to the merchant's son,

Pulled his ring from her hand

And offered it to him as a reward.

For a kiss without feeling

She gave him his ring,

Before he, with eleven new gold coins

To young girls went.

Kiss Me! Kiss me gently and wildly,

Seal my lips!

Kiss me now and here!

Only your kiss will satisfy my greed.

Kiss me gently and wildly,

Seal my lips!

Kiss me now and here!

Only your kiss will satisfy my greed.