Bleibach, The pilgrim

The pilgrim

Death to the pilgrim
Zuer Pilgerin. Halt, du kombst jetz nimer forth, hab schon an deine Passporth, gnueg bist gangen auff wahlfarthen, nit länger mer thue dir auswarthen.	To the Pilgrim. Stop, you're not going anywhere now, I've already got your passport, You've gone far enough on your pilgrimage, I won't wait for you any longer.
The pilgrim
Antwort. Mit meinem Paßport laß mich passieren, Hab noch viel Wallfahrten zu marschieren. Du weißt, daß es keiner Pilgerin ansteht, Zu tanzen wenn sie wallfahrten geht.	Answer. Let me pass with my passport, I still have many pilgrimages to walk. You know that it is not fitting for a pilgrim to dance when she goes on a pilgrimage.

The word "Passporth" is written in Latin letters. This is not a passport as we know it today, but a "letter of safe conduct" — a document in which the local ruler promised free passage for strangers to move through a certain area for a certain purpose.

The pilgrim is a rather unsual character in the dances of death, but in the printed books af La Danse Macabre, a male pilgim was added in 1486.