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by Walther von der Vogelweide (1170? - 1228?)
Translation by Karl Pannier (1854 - 1931)

Gewalt der minne
Language: Mittelhochdeutsch 
  Wer gap dir, Minne, den gewalt,
daz dû doch sô gewaltic bist?
  dû twingest beide junc und alt: 
dâ für kan nieman keinen list.
  nû lobe ich got, sit dîniu bant 
mich sulen twingen, deich sô rehte hân erkant,
wâ dienest werdeclîchen lît. 
dâ von enkume ich niemer: gnâde, küniginne, 
lâ mich dir leben mîne zît!

Text Authorship:

  • by Walther von der Vogelweide (1170? - 1228?), "Gewalt der minne" [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):

    [ None yet in the database ]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karl Pannier (1854 - 1931) , "Gewalt der Minne" ENG ; composed by Heinrich Hobrecht, Hans Erich Pfitzner, Anton Rückauf.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Margarete Voigt-Schweikert.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-09-07
Line count: 9
Word count: 57

Wer gab dir, Minne, die Gewalt
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Mittelhochdeutsch 
Our translations:  ENG
Wer gab dir, Minne, die Gewalt,
Daß du so allgewaltig bist?
Du zwingest beide, jung und alt,
Dagegen gibt es keine List.
Ich lobe Gott, seit deine Band
Mich sollen fesseln, seit so recht ich hab erkannt
Wo treuer Dienst sei an der Zeit,
Da weich ich niemals ab: O Gnade, Königinne, 
Laß sein mein Leben dir geweiht!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Walthers von der Vogelweide Sämmtliche Gedichte. Aus dem Mittelhochdeutschen übertragen von Karl Pannier, Leipzig, Reclam, 1876, p. 43


Text Authorship:

  • by Karl Pannier (1854 - 1931), "Gewalt der Minne" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Mittelhochdeutsch by Walther von der Vogelweide (1170? - 1228?), "Gewalt der minne"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Heinrich Hobrecht , "Zueignung", published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, Heft I, no. 3, Frankfurt a/M., Henkel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Gewalt der Minne", op. 24 (Vier Lieder für eine Singstimme) no. 2 (1909), published 1909 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Anton Rückauf (1855 - 1903), "Gewalt der Minne", op. 12 (Fünf Minnelieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The power of love", copyright ©


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 58

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