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ich slief mir hiute suoze

I slept sweetly today

dâze mînes trehtînes vüezen

at my Lord's feet.

daz heilige himelkint

The holy child of heaven,

daz sî hiute mîn vrideschilt

may it be my shield of protection today.

daz heilic himelkint bat mich hiute ûf stân·

The holy child of heaven bade me rise today;

indes namen genâde wile ich hiute ûf gân.

in the grace of its name I will go forth today,

unde wile mich hiute gürten

and will gird myself today

indes heiligen gotes worten

with the words of holy God,

daz mir allez daz holt sî

so that everything may be well disposed to me

daz indem himel sî

that is in heaven:

diu sunne unde der mâne

the sun and the moon

unde der tagesterne schoene

and the fair morning star.

mînes gemüetes bin ich hiute balt·

I am bold of spirit today;

hiute springe ich hêrre in dînen gewalt

today, Lord, I leap into your power.

sante Marîen lîchhemede

St Mary's shift,

daz sî hiute mîn vridehemede

may it be my shirt of protection today.

aller mîner vîende gewæfen

The weapons of all my enemies,

diu ligen hiute· unde slâfen·

may they lie today and sleep,

unde sîn hiute alsô bülwesse

and be today as soft

als wære mîner vrouwen sante Marîen vahs

as was the hair of my lady St Mary

dô si den heiligen Christum gebære·

when she bore holy Christ

unde doch ein reiniu meit wære·

and yet was a pure maiden.

mîn houbet sî mir hiute stælîn

May my head be of steel today;

decheiner slahte wâfen snîde dâr în·

may no kind of weapon cut into it.

mîn swert eine

My sword alone

wile ich von den segene scheiden

I will exempt from the blessing,

daz snîde unde bîze

so that it cuts and bites

allez daz ich ez heize

everything that I bid it

von mînen handen

from my hands

unde von niemanne andern·

and from no one else's.

der heilic himeltrût

The holy beloved of heaven,

der sîhiute mîn halsberc guot âmen·

may he be my good hauberk today, amen.

innomine domini nostri Jesu Christi qui est dictus mirabili

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is called by the wonderful

nomine tetragrammaton et innomine spiritus sancti·

name Tetragrammaton, and in the name of the Holy Spirit.

indes namen êre den ich genant hân

In honour of the name that I have named,

unde indes genâde ich hiute gân

and in its grace I go today.

diu wort sîn mir gewære unde veste

May the words be true and firm for me

als unserem hêrren

as, to our Lord

dem almehtigen gote wære

almighty God, were

diu toufe unde daz wizzôt

baptism and the sacrament.

mit dem selben segene

With the same blessing

dâ mit diu toufe unde der kreseme

with which baptism and the chrism

unde daz wizzôt würde gesegenet.

and the sacrament were blessed,

dâ sî ich hiute mit gesegenet.

with that may I be blessed today

vore viuwer und vore wâge·

against fire and against water,

vore aller slahte wâfenen

against every kind of weapon,

vore houbethaftigen sünden

against deadly sins,

vore werltlîchen schanden.

against worldly disgrace,

vore unrehtem tôde

against wrongful death.

miserere nobis

Have mercy on us.

âmen alsô sî daz wâr als daz unser hêrre got von sante Marîen meit wesende geboren wart âmen·

Amen. As true may this be as that our Lord God was born of St Mary while she was a maiden. Amen.