Kurt Tucholsky is primarily known as an urban poet, a sober observer of everyday life, and a political humorist. Nevertheless, his love poems are among the most beautiful in German literature. With a light touch, in the free-spirited tone of contemporary chansons or in delicate, melancholic strokes, he portrays love itself: the unequal richness of the fresh, unspoiled moment and the pain of inevitable separation. Katja Lange-Müller, a connoisseur and admirer of Tucholsky, has selected the most beautiful poems for this volume. In an afterword, she presents Tucholsky's life and work.