Перевод со средневерхненемецкого на современный английский.
Up on the lime-tree a bird
Was singing, and my heart just rushed
For a place it knew once. And then it hushed,
I saw the blooming roses there
And they reminded me of a lady fair.
'It seems, it's been so long ago
When in my lover's arms I lay
And then he left me, he went away
Since then I can't see birds and roses,
Since then has been too long my sorrow'.