A lady exceeding lovely, he hath crowned with bliss thy life.
Now if I were the heir to a kingdom,” that viol-minstrel said,
“And if I bare crown and sceptre, then would I choose to wed
None other than thy fair daughter—in all sincerity
I speak:—she is lovely to look on, noble and good is she.”
But the Margrave spake in answer: “How might it befall, this thing,
That my daughter should be the chosen and the heart’s delight of a king?
Here I and my wife be homeless, nor demesne nor castle we own:
No lands can we give for her portion—what availeth beauty alone?”
Answered and spake to him Gernot, the royal-natured knight: