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Der Holdseligen
Sonder Wank
Sing' ich fröhlichen
Minnesang;
Denn die Reine,
Die ich meine,
Winkt mir lieblichen Habedank.
...
Gleich der sonnigen
Veilchenau'
Glänzt der Wonnigen
Augen Blau;
Frisch und ründchen
Blüht ihr Mündchen,
Gleich der knospenden Ros' im Thau.
Ach! bin inniglich
Minnewund!
Gar zu minniglich
Dankt ihr Mund;
Lacht so grüsslich,
Lockt so küsslich,
Daß mir's bebt in des Herzens Grund!
...
Ihrer Wängelein
Lichtes Roth
Hat kein Engelein,
So mir Gott !
Eia, säß' ich
Unablässig
Bei der Preißlichen bis zum Tod!
Der Holdseligen
Sonder Wank
Sing' ich fröhlichen
Minnesang;
Denn die Reine,
Die ich meine,
Winkt mir lieblichen Habedank.
...
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3,2,4,1 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Minnelied", op. 9, Heft 5 no. 1 (1819), stanzas 1,3,2,4,1 [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826), "Minnelied", written 1773, appears in Oden und Lieder
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Corien Sleeswijk) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , John H. Campbell , Lau Kanen [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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.
...
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.
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!
...
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.
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.
...
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3,2,4,1 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2023 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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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