Heinrich | des | wart | sîn | herzesêre | | because of this | was | his | heart-felt sorrow |
243 | alsô | kreftic | unde | grôz | | so | severe | and | great |
| daz | in | des | aller | meist | verdrôz | | that | him | that | the very | most | disturbed |
| ob | er | langer | solde | leben | | if | he | longer | should | live |
246 | nû | vuor | er | heim | und | begunde | geben | | at this point | traveled | he | home | and | began | to dispose of |
| sîn | erbe | und | ouch | sîn | varnde | guot | | his | family estate | and | also | his | moveable | goods |
| als | in | dô | sîn | selbes | muot | | as | him | then | his | own | opinion |
249 | 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 |
| er | begunde | bescheidenlîchen | | he | began | prudently |
252 | sîne | armen | vriunt | rîchen | | his | poor | relatives | to enrich |
| und | trôste | ouch | vremede | armen | | and | supported | also | other | needy |
| daz | sich | got | erbarmen | | in order that | - | God | grant mercy |
255 | geruochte | über | der | sêle | heil | | might | for | his | soul's | salvation |
| gotes | hiusern | viel | daz | ander | teil | | (to) God's | houses | fell | the | _ | remained |
| alsus | tet | er | sich | abe | | thus | divested | he | himself | _ |
258 | aller | sîner | vordern | habe | | of all | his | former | possessions |
| unz | an | ein | geriute | | except | for | a | farm |
| dar | vlôch | er | die | liute | | there | fled | he | (from) | people |
261 | disiu | jæmerlîche | geschiht | | this | wretched | event |
| diu | was | sîn | eines | klage | niht | | it | was | of him | alone | (the) lament | not |
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