“To me, the gate of paradise is shut.
I stand an orphan there, locked out;
however much I knock, it's all in vain.”

— Walther von der Vogelweide

Mir ist verspert der sælden tor
dâ stên ich als ein weise vor
mich hilfet niht swaz ich dar an geklopfe.
"Mir ist verspert der sælden tor", line 1; translation by Tim Chilcott. http://colecizj.easyvserver.com/pgvb3901.htm

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Mir ist verspert der sælden tor dâ stên ich als ein weise vor mich hilfet niht swaz ich dar an geklopfe.

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