"Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss"
My lips kiss with such passion
I really don’t know why
Men start to talk of love
When they are close to me,
Looking into my eye
and kissing my hand.
I really don’t know why
They speak of magic
That no-one can resist
when seeing me pass me by.
But when the light gleams
At the midnight hour
And they hear my song
Then the reason’s clear:
My lips kiss with such passion
My arms embrace softly,
It’s written in the stars
You must kiss, you must love.
My lips kiss with such passion
My arms embrace softly,
It’s written in the stars
You must kiss, you must love.
My feet are floating,
My eyes gleam and beckon,
And I dance in ecstasy for I know
My lips kiss with such passion.
Giuditta by Franz Lehár tells the storyof the army officer Octavio and his consuming love for Giuditta, a passionate spitfire, who leaves him because he refuses to desert the colours for her; their chance meeting several years afterwards comes too late, though they realise how much they have lost.