Klage | wan | daz | ê | was | sîn | flêhen | | for | what | before | was | his | imploring |
240 | daz | verkêrte | sich | in | ein | vêhen | | that | turned | _ | into | (his) | enmity |
| wan | in | des | dehein | minne | twanc | | because | him | to this | no | love | forced |
| daz | er | sô | sêre | nâch | ir | ranc | | that | he | so | much | for | her | wooed |
243 | ez | gebôt | im | ein | bœser | muot | | (it) | compelled | him | a | bad | attitudes |
| als | er | noch | vil | manegem | tuot | | as | it | yet | very | many | does |
| durch | swaches | herzen | lêre | | because of | (of) (an) ignoble | heart | (the) teachings |
246 | ûf | ein | betrogen | êre | | for | a | deceitful | honor |
| daz | er | sich | sîn | gerüemen | kunde | | (so) that | he | _ | (about) it | boast | could |
| swie | man1c | man | ez | befunde | | even though | many a | man | it | could find out about |
249 | daz | dûhte | in | êre | unde | heil | | that | appeared | (to) him | honor | and | good fortune |
| daz | er | dem | tiuvel | en- | -teil | | that | he | (to) the | devil | _ | (sent) |
| sînem | altherren | werden | müeze | | his | forefather | be | must |
252 | swie | ich | den | fluoch | gebüeze | | (even) if | I | (this) | curse | must atone for |
| und | alle | sîne | gelîchen | | and | all | his | equals |
| der | arme | zuo | dem | rîchen | | the | poor | like | the | rich |
255 | sî | sîn | tôt | oder | leben | | they | be | dead | or | alive |
| ich | wil | sî | ir | meister | ergeben | | I | will | them | (to) their | master | give |
| daz | er | sîne | knehte | | (so) that | he | his | servants |
258 | hœne | wol | nâch | rehte | | disparage | indeed | _ | justly |
| und | got | in | beneme | den | trôst | | and | God | (from) them | may take | the | consolation |
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