“How I wish I had your looks! If only you had some sense in you, God would have left you nothing to wish for.”

Ôwî wan wær dîn schœne mîn!
dir hete got den wunsch gegebn,
ob du mit witzen soldest lebn.
Bk. 3, st. 124, line 18; p. 74.
Parzival

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Ôwî wan wær dîn schœne mîn!<br/>dir hete got den wunsch gegebn,<br/>ob du mit witzen soldest lebn.

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German knight and poet 1170–1220

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