Lyrics by: Walther von der Vogelweide, c. 1200 AD [Verse 1] Under der linden an der heide, dâ unser zweier bette was, dâ muget ir vinden schône beide gebrochen bluomen unde gras. Vor dem walde in einem tal, tandaradei, tandaradei, schône sanc diu nachtegal. [Verse 2] Ich kam gegangen zuo der Aue, dô was mîn friedel komen ê. Dâ wart ich enpfangen, hêre Fraue, daz ich bin sælic iemer mê. Kuster mich? Wol tûsentstunt: tandaradei, tandaradei, seht, wie rôt mir ist der munt. [Verse 3] Dô het er gemachet alsô rîche von bluomen eine bettestat. Des wirt noch gelachet inneclîche, kumt iemen an daz selbe pfat. Bî den rôsen er wol mac, tandaradei, tandaradei, merken, wâ mirz houbet lac. [Verse 4] Daz er bî mir læge, wessez iemen nû enwelle got!, sô schamt ich mich. Wes er mit mir pflæge, niemer niemen bevinde daz, wan er und ich, und ein kleinez vogellîn tandaradei, tandaradei, daz mac wol getriuwe sîn. Translation: [Verse 1] Under the linden, on the heath, there where our two-fold bed once was, there you may still find, fair to see, flowers broken, trampled grass. Near the wood, down in a vale— tandaradei! how sweetly sang the nightingale! [Verse 2] I came walking to the meadow, my beloved had arrived before; there I was greeted royally— as if I were a noble lady. Did he kiss me? A thousand times! tandaradei! see how red my mouth still shines. [Verse 3] There he had made, rich and fine, a bed of flowers, soft and sweet; whoever passes by that path will smile to see it, quietly. Beside the roses one may mark— tandaradei! where my head had lain in the dark. [Verse 4] That he lay with me there, may no one ever know of it— God forbid! so I advise. He and I, and no one else, so it must remain a secret: that no one saw our love-play— tandaradei! save the nightingale, who hid us away.
