Original Text
English Translation
Freue dich des Weibes deiner Jugend.
Rejoice with the wife of your youth.
Sie ist lieblich wie eine Hinde und holdselig wie ein Rehe; Laß dich ihre Liebe allezeit sätigen und ergetze dich alleweg in ihrer Liebe.
She is as lovely as the deer, and as charming as the fawn; let her love satisfy you at all times; and always be ravished with her love.
This piece was performed by the SFBC in Schütz, Schein, & Scheidt: Three Great Early Kapellmeisters on October 29, 1995.
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