Heinrich | daz | diu | üppige | krône | | that | the | vain | crown |
87 | werltlîcher | süeze | | of worldly | pleasures |
| vellet | under | vüeze | | falls | under | the feet |
| ir | besten | werdekeit | | its | greatest | splendor |
90 | als | uns | diu | schrift | hât | geseit | | just as | us | the | Scripture | has | told |
| ez | sprichet | an | einer | stat | dâ | | it | says | in | one | place | there |
| mêdiâ | vîtâ | | in the midst of | life |
93 | in | morte | sûmus | | in | death | we are |
| daz | diutet | sich | alsus | | this | means | _ | namely |
| daz | wir | in | dem | tôde | sweben | | that | we | in | _ | death | hover |
96 | so | wir | aller | beste | wænen | leben | | just when | we | all | the best | believe | to be living |
| Dirre | werlte | veste | | this | world's | stability |
| ir | stæte | und | ir | beste | | its | constancy | and | its | best |
99 | und | ir | grœste | magenkraft | | and | its | greatest | superiority |
| diu | stât | âne | meisterschaft | | it | exists | without | mastery |
| des | muge | wir | an | der | kerzen | sehen | | this | can | we | on | the | candle | see |
102 | ein | wârez | bilde | geschehen | | a | true | example | taking place |
| daz | si | z- | -einer | aschen | wirt | | in that | it | _ | _ | ash | becomes |
| iemitten | daz | si | lieht | birt | | while | that | it | light | gives off |
105 | wir | sîn | von | brœden | sachen | | we | are | of a | frail | substance |
| nû | sehet | wie | unser | lachen | | now | see | how | our | laughter |
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