Song of courtly love | To the lovely one

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by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Minnelied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Der Holdseligen 
    Sonder Wank
  Sing' ich fröhlichen 
    Minnesang,
  Denn die Reine, 
  Die ich meine
Giebt mir lieblichen Habedank.
 
  Ach! bin inniglich 
    Minnewund!
  Gar zu minniglich 
    Dankt ihr Mund;
  Lacht so grüsslich, 
  Und so küsslich,
Daß mir's bebt in des Herzens Grund!
 
  Gleich der sonnigen 
    Veilchenau'
  Glänzt der Wonnigen 
  Augen Blau;
    Frisch und ründchen 
  Ist ihr Mündchen,
Wie die knospenden Ros' im Tau.
 
  Ihrer Wängelein 
    Lichtes Rot
  Hat kein Engelein, 
    So mir Gott !
  Eia! säß' ich 
  Unablässlig
Bei der Preißlichen bis zum Tod.

Confirmed with Deutsche Nationalliteratur, Band 49, Stuttgart [o.J.], pages 233-234.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826), "Minnelied", appears in Oden und Lieder [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760 - 1802), "Minnelied", published [1797] [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder mit Clavierbegleitung , Leipzig, Schmiedt & Rau; confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

Set in a modified version by Johannes Brahms, Michael Frey, Moritz Hauptmann, George Henschel, Peter Joseph Lindpaintner, Carl Loewe, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Karl Gottlieb Reissiger, Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, C. Sieke, Anton Urspruch, Carl Maria von Weber.

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Song of courtly love", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 83

Song of courtly love

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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  To the lovely one
    Without faltering
  I sing a joyful
    Song of courtly love,
  For the pure one
  Whom I mean
Gives to me a delightful thank-you.

  Ah! I am profoundly
    Wounded by love!
  All too lovingly
    Do her lips thank me;
  Smiles with such regard,
  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
  Is 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
  Continually
Beside the praiseworthy one until I die.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826), "Minnelied", appears in Oden und Lieder
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This text was added to the website: 2024-01-06
Line count: 28
Word count: 118