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Egidiuslied

(Middelnederlands naar modern Engels)

Egidius waer bestu bleven
Mi lanct na di gheselle mijn
Du coors die doot du liets mi tleven
Dat was gheselscap goet ende fijn
Het sceen teen moeste ghestorven sijn

Nu bestu in den troon verheven
Claerre dan der zonnen scijn
Alle vruecht es di ghegheven

Egidius waer bestu bleven
Mi lanct na di gheselle mijn
Du coors die doot du liets mi tleven

Nu bidt vor mi ic moet noch sneven
Ende in de weerelt liden pijn
Verware mijn stede di beneven
Ic moet noch zinghen een liedekijn
Nochtan moet emmer ghestorven sijn

Egidius waer bestu bleven
Mi lanct na di gheselle mijn
Du coors die doot du liets mi tleven
Dat was gheselscap goet ende fijn
Het sceen teen moeste ghestorven sijn

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Egidius are you in Heaven?

I long for you, dear friend of mine

Your choice was death, you left me living

We had a friendship true and fine

But it seems one had to die

Now you are throned among the seven

Brighter than the sun to shine

And all joy you have been given

Egidius are you in Heaven?

I long for you, dear friend of mine

Your choice was death, you left me living

So pray for me who stays unshriven

And keep my place right next to thine

While I still have the world to live in

And I must sing this song of mine

In the end we all must die

Egidius are you in Heaven?

I long for you, dear friend of mine

Your choice was death, you left me living

We had a friendship true and fine

But it seems one had to die

from the Gruuthuuse manuscript, c.1400