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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Were diu werlt alle min

Language: Mittelhochdeutsch

Our translations: ENG ITA SPA

Chosen for Diff

Were diu werlt alle min
von deme mere unze an den Rin,
des wolt ih mih darben,
daz diu chünegin von Engellant
lege an minen armen. Hei!

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, appears in Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae, first published c1300 [author's text not yet checked 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 Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "Were diu werlt alle min", 1935-6 [ chorus ], from Carmina Burana, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "If this world were all mine", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Fosse mio il mondo intero (Coro)", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2011-04-24
Line count: 5
Word count: 27

If this world were all mine

Language: English after the Mittelhochdeutsch

Chosen for Diff

If this world were all mine
from the sea to the Rhine, 
I would gladly give it all up
to have the Queen of England 
lying in my arms. Hey!

Note for line 5, "the Queen of England": probably Eleanor of Aquitaine (c. 1124-1204), the wife of Henry II.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Mittelhochdeutsch to English copyright © 2026 by Grant Hicks, (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 Mittelhochdeutsch by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , appears in Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae, first published c1300
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This text was added to the website: 2026-09-24
Line count: 5
Word count: 30