Heinrich | daz | ich | von | sage | wol | die | nôt | | that | I | from | hearsay | certainly | the | painful situation |
596 | erkenne | daz | des | lîbes | tôt | | recognize | that | of the | body | death |
| ist | starc | unde | strenge | | is | harsh | and | bitter |
| swer | joch | danne | die | lenge | | whoever | nevertheless | then | _ | a long time |
599 | mit | arbeiten | leben | sol | | with | hardships | live | must |
| dem | ist | ouch | niht | ze | wol | | he | is | also | not | too | well (off) |
| wan | swenne | er | hie | geringet | | for | when | he | here | struggles |
602 | und | ûf | sîn | alter | bringet | | and | into | his | old age | brings |
| den | lîp | mit | micheler | nôt | | (his) | body | with | great | suffering |
| sô | muoz | er | lîden | doch | den | tôt | | then | must | he | suffer | nevertheless | _ | death |
605 | ist | im | diu | sêle | danne | verlorn | | (if) has | for him | (his) | soul | then | been lost |
| sô | wære | er | bezzer | ungeborn | | then | were | he | better | never born |
| ez | ist | mir | komen | ûf | daz | zil | | it | has | for me | come | to | the | point |
608 | des | ich | got | iemer | loben | wil | | for which | I | God | always | praise | shall |
| daz | ich | den | jungen | lîp | mac | geben | | that | I | (this) | young | life | can | give |
| umbe | daz | êwige | leben | | in return for | _ | eternal | life |
611 | Nû | sult | ir | mir- | -z | niht | leiden | | now | should | you | for me | it | not | spoil |
| ich | wil | mir | und | iu | beiden | | I | want | for myself | and | for you | both |
| vil | harte | wol | mite | varn | | _ | _ | a great deal of good | _ | bring about |
614 | ich | mac | uns | eine | wol | bewarn | | I | can | us | alone | well | protect |
| vor | schaden | und | vor | leide | | from | harm | and | from | suffering |
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