by Walther von der Vogelweide (1170? - 1228?)
Er saelic man, si saelic wîp
Language: Mittelhochdeutsch
Er saelic man, si saelic wîp, der herze ein ander sint mit triuwen bî! Ich wil daz daz ir beider lîp getiuret und in hôher wirde sî. Vil saelic sîn ir jâr und al ir zît! er ist ouch saelic sunder strît, der nimt ir tugende rehte war, sô daz ez in sîn herze gêt. einm saelic wîp, diu sich verstêt, diu sende ouch guoten willen dar.
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- by Walther von der Vogelweide (1170? - 1228?) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karl Joseph Simrock (1802 - 1876) , "Ja, Heil dem Weib" ; composed by Mathilde von Kralik.
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