[IV]. Der tugendhafte Schreiber. Im Kanzler‑Gewand. Seriös. Pedantisch.
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE
Ich schrieb allzeit nur wenig,
Doch allzeit tugendhaft,
Und hab die Kleinode verzeichnet,
Die sich der Burgschatz beschafft.
Ich schreib' in meine Register
Mit der Aufschrift: Paula - heut ein:
Der Wartburg ist erworben
Ein neuer Edelstein.
Confirmed with "Der Brautwillkomm auf Wartburg", Fünf Dichtungen von Joseph Viktor von Scheffel, Stuttgart: Verlag von Adolf Bonz & Comp., 1887, page 33. Under the poem are these words: "(Eine Truhe für Schmucksachen und ein altertümliches Schreibzeug.)", which can be translated "(A chest for jewelry and an antique desk set.)"
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The virtuous scribe. In the garb of a chancellor. Serious. Pedantic.", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-31
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Word count: 37
The virtuous scribe. In the garb of a chancellor. Serious. Pedantic.
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
I always wrote but little,
Yet always virtuously,
And I have documented the treasures
That the castle treasury acquired.
I inscribed into my register
The word 'Paula' today:
The Wartburg has gained
A new jewel.
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This text was added to the website: 2011-04-12
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