Ine weiz, wie jener werden sol;
dirre tôt der tuot mir wol.
solte diu wunneclîche Isôt
iemer alsus sî mîn tôt,
sô wolte ich gerne werben
umbe ein êweclîchez sterben.
Source: Tristan, Line 12497
“Isolde my mistress, Isolde my beloved, in you my life, in you my death!”
—
Gottfried von Straßburg
,
book
Tristan
Isot ma drüe, Isot m'amie
En vus ma mort, en vus ma vie.
Source: Tristan, Line 19409; these lines in Old French are presumably quoted from one of the lost sections of Thomas of Britain's Tristan.
Original
Isot ma drüe, Isot m'amie En vus ma mort, en vus ma vie.
Tristan
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