Heinrich | sîn | erbe | und | ouch | sîn | varnde | guot | | his | family estate | and | also | his | moveable | goods |
248 | als | in | dô | sîn | selbes | muot | | as | him | then | his | own | opinion |
| und | wîser | rât | lêrte | | and | wise men's | counsel | advised |
| da | er- | -z | aller | beste | kêrte | | there where | he | it | _ | the very best | should give |
251 | er | begunde | bescheidenlîchen | | he | began | prudently |
| sîne | armen | vriunt | rîchen | | his | poor | relatives | to enrich |
| und | trôste | ouch | vremede | armen | | and | supported | also | other | needy |
254 | daz | sich | got | erbarmen | | in order that | - | God | grant mercy |
| geruochte | über | der | sêle | heil | | might | for | his | soul's | salvation |
| gotes | hiusern | viel | daz | ander | teil | | (to) God's | houses | fell | the | _ | remained |
257 | alsus | tet | er | sich | abe | | thus | divested | he | himself | _ |
| aller | sîner | vordern | habe | | of all | his | former | possessions |
| unz | an | ein | geriute | | except | for | a | farm |
260 | dar | vlôch | er | die | liute | | there | fled | he | (from) | people |
| disiu | jæmerlîche | geschiht | | this | wretched | event |
| diu | was | sîn | eines | klage | niht | | it | was | of him | alone | (the) lament | not |
263 | in | klageten | älliu | diu | lant | | him | lamented | all | the | lands |
| dâ | er | inne | was | erkant | | _ | he | wherein | was | known |
| und | ouch | von | vremeden | landen | | and | also | in | far off | lands |
266 | die | in | nâch | sage | erkanden | | who | of him | by | hearsay | knew |
| der | ê | diz | geriute | | the one who | before this time | this | cleared |
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