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Der Holdseligen
Sonder Wank
Sing' ich fröhlichen
Minnesang;
Denn die Reine,
Die ich meine,
Winkt mir lieblichen Habedank.
Ach! bin inniglich
Minnewund!
Gar zu minniglich
Dankt ihr Mund;
Lacht so grüsslich,
Lockt so küsslich,
Daß mir's bebt in des Herzens Grund!
Gleich der sonnigen
Veilchenau'
Glänzt der Wonnigen
Augen Blau;
Frisch und ründchen
Blüht ihr Mündchen,
Gleich der knospenden Ros' im Thau.
Ihrer Wängelein
Lichtes Roth
Hat kein Engelein,
So mir Gott !
Eia, säß' ich
Unablässig
Bei der Preißlichen bis zum Tod!
C. Loewe sets stanzas 1, 3, 2, 4, 1
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Sämmtliche poetische Werke von Johann Heinrich Voss, ed. by Abraham Voss, Leipzig, Immanuel Müller, 1835, page 153.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826), "Minnelied", written 1773, appears in Oden und Lieder [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Line count: 28
Word count: 87
To the lovely one
Without faltering
I sing a joyful
Song of courtly love,
For the pure one
Whom I mean
Waves a delightful thank-you to me.
Ah! I am profoundly
Wounded by love!
All too lovingly
Does her mouth thank me;
Smiles with such a warm greeting,
Tempts so kissingly
That I tremble in the depths of my heart!
Like the sunny
Meadow of violets
Glows the blue of the eyes
Of the delightful one;
Fresh and rounded
Blooms her dear mouth,
Like the budding rose in the dew.
The bright red of
Her dear cheeks
Is possessed by no angel,
So help me God!
Oh! could I but sit
Continuously
Beside the praiseworthy one until I die.
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View text with all available footnotesTranslations of title(s):
"Der Holdseligen sonder Wank" = "To the lovely one without faltering"
"Minnelied" = "Song of courtly love"
"Ständchen" = "Serenade"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826), "Minnelied", written 1773, appears in Oden und Lieder
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This text was added to the website: 2023-02-17
Line count: 28
Word count: 123