Love
Now I know Love
Translated by Frank C. Nicholson (1907) · From Old German Love Songs (1907)
A chaplet, brown with strips of white between,
Hath brought me joy and made my heart beat high.
By this I show my lady whom I mean,
And she may know who makes me sing, thereby.
To win her favour now shall ever be
Of more account than mine own eyes to me.
May I yet live, her graciousness to see!
'Tis strange, I never felt so sorely tried
When I on four belike my service set!
Now I love only one and none beside,
And for that one my grief is greater yet
Than e'er because of love it was of yore.
All that was sport and pastime, nothing more.
Now I know love; I knew it not before!
Cite this poem
MLA
Schwangau, Hiltbold von. “Now I know Love.” Translated by Frank C. Nicholson. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hiltbold-von-schwangau/0/.
Chicago
Schwangau, Hiltbold von. “Now I know Love.” Translated by Frank C. Nicholson. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hiltbold-von-schwangau/0/.