“May, sweet May, again is come,
May that frees the land from gloom;
Children, children, up, and see
All her stores of jollity!
On the laughing hedgerow’s side
She hath spread her treasures wide;
She is in the greenwood shade,
Where the nightingale hath made
Every branch and every tree
Ring with her sweet melody;
Hill and dale are May’s own treasures;
Youths rejoice! In sportive measures.
Sing ye, join the chorus gay!
Hail this mercy, merry May!
Up, then, children, we will go
Where the blooming roses grow;
In a joyful company
We the bursting flowers will see:
Up! your festal dress prepare!
Where gay hearts are meeting, there
May hath pleasures most inviting,
Heart, and sight, and ear delighting;
Listen to the birds’ sweet song,
Hark! how soft it floats along:
Courtly dames! our pleasures share;
Never saw I May so fair:
Therefore, dancing will we go;
Youths rejoice, the flow’rets blow!
Sing ye! join the chorus gay!
Hail this merry, merry May!
Our manly youths — where are they now?
Bid them up and with us go
To the sporters on the plain:
Did adieu to care and pain,
Now thou pale and wounded lover!
Thou thy peace shall soon recover.
Many a laughing lip and eye
Speaks the light hearts’ gaiety;
Lovely flowers around we find
In the smiling verdure twin’d,
Richly steep’d in May-dews glowing;
Youths rejoice, the flowers are blowing!
Sing ye! join the chorus gay!
Hail this merry, merry May!
O, if to my love restor’d,–
Her, o’er all her sex ador’d,–
What supreme delight were mine!
How would care her sway resign!
Merrily in the bloom of May
Would I weave a garland gay.
Better than the best is she,
Purer than all purity;
For her spotless self alone
I will praise this changeless one;
Thankful or unthankful, she
Shall my song, my idol be;
Sing ye! join the chorus gay!
Hail this merry, merry May!
(Conrad von Kirchberg)”
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