Death to The Knight
Her rytter ir seyt an geschreiben
Das ir nw ryttirschaft must treiben
Mit deme tod vnd seynen knechten
Euch hilft wedir schympf noch fechten
Mr. Knight, you have been written down
that you must now practice chivalry
with Death and his servants.
It helps you neither to jest nor fight.
Ich habe als eyn strenger rytter gut
Der werlit gedynet yn hoem mut
Nu byn ich wedir rytters orden
An dezen tancz getwungen worden
I have - as a stern knight -
served the world well with noble mind.
Now I have - against knights' order -
become coerced to this dance.
Dansk
The dance of death
Heidelberg
Knight