| Margarete Münsterberg, ed., trans. A Harvest of German Verse. 1916. | | | | Innsbruck, I Must Be Leaving | | Folk Song (16th Century) |
| | | INNSBRUCK, I must be leaving, | |
| And go my way with grieving | |
| In foreign lands, alack! | |
| My joy has all been taken, | |
| A stranger and forsaken, | 5 |
| I cannot call it back. | |
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| Great pain my life must darken, | |
| And thou alone must hearken | |
| To my lamenting, dear. | |
| Into thy heart, oh, take me, | 10 |
| There warm with kindness make me, | |
| When I am far from here. | |
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| Oh, thou most comfort-spending, | |
| My love shall be unending, | |
| Staunch, true, without a stain. | 15 |
| God keep thee with His guiding, | |
| Thy virtues be abiding, | |
| Until I come again. | | | | |
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