Heinrich| | und | werltlîcher | wünne | | and | worldly | pleasure |
| 80 | er | was | vür | al | sîn | künne | | he | was | above | all | his | kindred |
| | geprîset | unde | gêret | | praised | and | honored |
| | sîn | hôchmuot | wart | verkêret | | his | blithe disposition | was | changed |
| 83 | in | ein | leben | gar | geneiget | | into | a | life | completely | humiliated |
| | an | im | wart | erzeiget | | on | him | was | shown |
| | als | ouch | an | Absalône | | as | also | on | Absalom |
| 86 | daz | diu | üppige | krône | | that | the | vain | crown |
| | werltlîcher | süeze | | of worldly | pleasures |
| | vellet | under | vüeze | | falls | under | the feet |
| 89 | ir | besten | werdekeit | | its | greatest | splendor |
| | 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 |
| 92 | mêdiâ | vîtâ | | in the midst of | life |
| | in | morte | sûmus | | in | death | we are |
| | daz | diutet | sich | alsus | | this | means | _ | namely |
| 95 | daz | wir | in | dem | tôde | sweben | | that | we | in | _ | death | hover |
| | so | wir | aller | beste | wænen | leben | | just when | we | all | the best | believe | to be living |
| | Dirre | werlte | veste | | this | world's | stability |
| 98 | ir | stæte | und | ir | beste | | its | constancy | and | its | best |
| | und | ir | grœste | magenkraft | | and | its | greatest | superiority |
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