by Heinrich von Veldeke (c1150 - c1184)
Tristrant muose sunder sînen danc
Language: Mittelhochdeutsch
Tristrant muose sunder sînen danc stæte sîn der küniginne, wan in der poysûn dar zuo twanc mêre dan diu kraft der minne. des sol mir diu guote danc wizzen, daz ich solken tranc nie genam und ich so doch minne baz danne er und mac daz sîn. wolgetâne valsches âne, lâ mich wesen dîn unde wis du mîn. Sît diu sunne ir liehten schîn gegen der kelte hât geneiget und diu kleinen vogellîn ir sanges sint gesweiget, trûric ist daz herze mîn. ich wæne ez wil winter sîn, der uns sîne kraft erzeiget an den bluomen, die man siht in liehter varwe erblîchen garwe. dâ von mir beschiht leit und anders niht.
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- by Heinrich von Veldeke (c1150 - c1184) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wilhelm Storck (1829 - 1905) , "Tristan und Isolde", appears in Buch der Lieder aus der Minnezeit, first published 1872 [an adaptation] ; composed by Heinrich Karl Johann Hofmann.
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