| Margarete Münsterberg, ed., trans. A Harvest of German Verse. 1916. | | | | From “A Dream of Love” | | By Walter von der Vogelweide (1170–1228) |
| | | LOOK, this is why I feel so gay: | |
| I have grown warm with cheer, | |
| Clasped by a dream so dear. | |
| Alas, I had to wake, for it was day. | |
| Hear what she has done unto me: | 5 |
| All the summer I must peer | |
| Into ladies’ eyes to see | |
| If I can find my dear: then sorrow’s end were near. | |
| Maybe she is going to this dance. | |
| Ladies, I beg you, be so kind, | 10 |
| Push back your hats, if you don’t mind! | |
| If I should find her ’neath this wreath by chance! | | | | |
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