Love
Love's Coinage
Translated by Frank C. Nicholson (1907) · From Old German Love Songs (1907)
In this short life of ours false coin
Is often struck in Love's design;
Yet if a man know what its real stamp is,
I pledge my word upon the truth of this,
That rudeness shall assail him ne'er,
If he will take it for his guide.
Love is to Heaven so near allied
That I implore its guidance there.
Codex Note
Original first line: Es ist in unsern kurzen tagen
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Vogelweide, Walther von der. “Love's Coinage.” Translated by Frank C. Nicholson. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/walther-von-der-vogelweide/12/.
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Vogelweide, Walther von der. “Love's Coinage.” Translated by Frank C. Nicholson. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/walther-von-der-vogelweide/12/.
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