Dû bist mîn, ich bin dîn:
des solt dû gewis sîn.
dû bist beslozzen
in mînem herzen:
verlorn ist daz slüzzelîn:
dû muost immer drinne sîn.
Thou art mine, I am thine:
of this thou hast sure sign:
locked thou art
within my heart:
lost is the key that confined:
thou art for ever consigned.
(Middle High German, c. 1180. The added accents are typical of MHG texts. The circumflex accent indicates a long vowel, and the î > ei diphthongisation has not yet taken place.)
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