| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Why Should I Wander Sadly? | | By Susskind von Trimberg |
| | | WHY should I wander sadly, | |
| My harp within my hand, | |
| O’er mountain, hill, and valley? | |
| What praise do I command? | |
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| Full well they know the singer | 5 |
| Belongs to race accursed; | |
| Sweet Minne doth no longer | |
| Reward me as at first. | |
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| Be silent, then, my lyre, | |
| We sing ’fore lords in vain, | 10 |
| I’ll leave the minstrels’ choir, | |
| And roam a Jew again. | |
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| My staff and hat I’ll grasp, then, | |
| And on my breast full low, | |
| By Jewish custom olden | 15 |
| My grizzled beard shall grow. | |
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| My days I’ll pass in quiet,— | |
| Those left to me on earth— | |
| Nor sing for those who not yet | |
| Have learned a poet’s worth. | 20 | | | |
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