Ridher oc swenæ oc froer oc mør
Performed and arranged by Miriam Andersén · Lyrics by Per Ræv Lille, 15th C.
| Ridher oc swenæ oc froer oc mør, i ladher op edhers øræ. I veræ vell tista, som ther till bør, om i villæ hennes loff høræ. jeg vil tik lowæ, thu edhlæ jomfruæ, om tu teth ikkæ forkunnæ, iek fører tith loff aff allæ minæ mwæ for allæ them, tegh vel vndhæ. | Knights and squires; ladies and maids, Lend your ears. Be as quiet as is seeming if you wish to hear her praise. I want to praise you, o noble maiden, if you won't reject it, I sing your praise with all my power for all those who love you. |
| Inghen hauer seth soo ven en quinnæ, tessæ orth moo jegh beuysæ, hun er vel prøueth i tucth oc synnæ, ther scriwer aff Salmon visa. hun er møghz vener en engell i skare, soo er hun skøn, then renæ, soll oc monæ oc stierner klare lignes ikkæ then iomfru, iek mener | No one has seen so fair a queen, These words I may well prove, She is well tried in manners and sense As writes Solomon the Wise. She is fairer than an angel in the host. Such is her beauty, the pure one, that sun and moon and shining stars are nothing to me compared with her. |
| Hun er vel wen, bothæ vthæ oc ynnæ, for allæ hannæ smyttæ, Alverdhens spiel meth tucht oc synnæ, Crist gyvæ oss hynnæ at hittæ! Hun er en vener en Ester fruæ; frucswmælegher er hun en Lyæa, hun helper oss gernæ aff al syn mwæ henes naffn thz kallæs MARIA | For she is fair, both outward and in, without any fault. A mirror for the world in manners; Christ give us that we may find her! She is more fair than lady Esther; More fruitful she is than Lea. She helps us gladly with all her might, and her name is called MARIA. |
| AMEN | |