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Habit ir mit frawen ye hoch gesprungen Stolczer herczog adir wol gesungen Das must ir an dezem reyen bussen Wol her lot euch die toten grussen |
Have you once jumped(1) high with women, proud Duke, or sung well? You must atone for that in this dance. Well then, let the dead greet you. |
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Ich habe die edeln hirren werth Alz eyn herczog geregiret mit dem swerth Nu byn ich yn leynen cleydern glancz Betwungen an des todis tancz |
I have governed the worthy noblemen as a duke with the sword. Now I am - in the splendour of linen clothes - forced to the dance of death. |
(1) jumped . . .: The German word "springen" can mean jump, dance and run hastily. On this site I normally translate it as "dance", but that won't do in this context.
Dansk 
The dance of death
Heidelberg
Duke