Erec | an | grimmeclîcher | arbeit | | from | (the) bitter | hardships |
5995 | der | ich | vil | unz | her | erleit | | that | I | greatly | until | now | have suffered |
| er | hât | mir | armen | wîbe | | He | has | (for) me | poor | woman |
| verteilet | an | dem | lîbe | | condemned | _ | my | life |
5998 | des | bin | ich | wol | innen | brâht | | (of) this | am | I | fully | _ | convinced |
| wes | im | z- | -er | sêle | sî | gedâht | | whatever | (by) him | for | (my) | soul | is | planned |
| des | en- | -mac | ich | wizzen | niht | | (of) this | _ | can | I | know | nothing |
6001 | swaz | dem | lîbe | nû | geschiht | | whatever | (to) my | body | now | happens |
| ze | ringer | klage | mir | daz | stât | | I_ | (a) small | lament | (for) me | this | is |
| wirt | iedoch | der | sêle | rât | | (if) comes about | indeed | (my) | soul's | salvation |
6004 | daz | ich | dicke | hân | vernomen | | that (which) | I | often | have | heard |
| des | bin | ich | an | ein | ende | komen | | (of) it | have | I | to | (an) | end | come |
| swaz | man | dem | unsæligen | tuot | | whatever | one | (for) an | unfortunate (one) | does |
6007 | sîn | gelücke | wirt | doch | nimmer | guot | | his | fortune | will become | in truth | never | good |
| swer | die | linden | von | dem | wege | | whoever | (a) | linden tree | from | the | roadside |
| næme | ûz | unwerder | phlege | | might take | from | poor | care |
6010 | und | si | in | sînen | garten | sazte | | and | it | in | his | garden | sets |
| und | si | mit | bûwe | ergazte | | and | it | with | cultivation | compensates |
| daz | si | in | dürrer | erde | | that | it | in | barren | soil |
6013 | stüende | unz | dar | unwerde | | had stood | until | this time | in neglect |
| und | daz | dar | ûf | tæte | | and | that | _ | with it | does |
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