Heinrich | mir | die | sinne | hât | gegeben | | me | the | good sense | has | given |
696 | daz | ich | ûf | diz | brœde | leben | | that | I | _ | this | feeble | life |
| ahte | harte | kleine | | regard | very | little |
| ich | wil | mich | alsus | reine | | I | shall | myself | thus | pure |
699 | antwürten | in | gotes | gewalt | | to give | into | God's | power |
| ich | vürhte | solde | ich | werden | alt | | I | fear | should | I | become | old |
| daz | mich | der | werlte | süeze | | that | me | the | world's | pleasures |
702 | zuhte | under | vüeze | | will drag | under (its) | feet |
| als | si | vil | manigen | hât | gezogen | | just as | it | many | others | has | dragged |
| den | ouch | ir | süeze | hât | betrogen | | whom | also | its | sweetness | has | deceived |
705 | sô | würde | ich | lîhte | gote | entsaget | | then | would be | I | easily | (from)God | withheld |
| dem | müeze- | -z | sîn | geklaget | | to Him | may | it | be | lamented |
| daz | ich | unz | morgen | leben | sol | | that | I | until | morning | live | must |
708 | mir | behaget | diu | werlt | niht | sô | wol | | me | pleases | the | world | not | so | well |
| ir | gemach | ist | michel | arbeit | | its | comfort | is | a great | hardship |
| ir | meiste | liep | ein | herzeleit | | its | greatest | joy | a | heart-felt sorrow |
711 | ir | süezer | lôn | ein | bitter | nôt | | its | sweet | reward | a | bitter | distress |
| ir | lanclîp | ein | gæher | tôt | | its | long life | a | sudden | death |
| wir | hân | niht | gewisses | mê | | we | have | nothing | certain | more |
714 | wan | hiute | wol | und | morgen | wê | | than | today | well-being | and | tomorrow | pain |
| und | ie | ze | jungest | der | tôt | | and | always | in | the end | _ | death |
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