Heinrich | und | ir | grœste | magenkraft | | and | its | greatest | superiority |
100 | diu | stât | âne | meisterschaft | | it | exists | without | mastery |
| des | muge | wir | an | der | kerzen | sehen | | this | can | we | on | the | candle | see |
| ein | wârez | bilde | geschehen | | a | true | example | taking place |
103 | daz | si | z- | -einer | aschen | wirt | | in that | it | _ | _ | ash | becomes |
| iemitten | daz | si | lieht | birt | | while | that | it | light | gives off |
| wir | sîn | von | brœden | sachen | | we | are | of a | frail | substance |
106 | nû | sehet | wie | unser | lachen | | now | see | how | our | laughter |
| mit | weinenne | erlischet | | with | tears | is extinguished |
| unser | süeze | ist | gemischet | | our | sweetness | is | mixed |
109 | mit | bitterer | gallen | | with | bitter | gall |
| unser | bluome | der | muoz | vallen | | our | blossom | _ | must | fall off |
| so | er | aller | grüenest | wænet | sîn | | just when | it | the very | freshest | appears | to be |
112 | an | hern | Heinrîche | wart | wol | schîn | | on | Sir | Heinrich | became | certainly | clear |
| der | in | dem | hœhsten | werde | | whoever | in | the | highest | esteem |
| lebet | ûf | dirre | erde | | lives | on | this | earth |
115 | der- | -st | der | versmâhte | vor | gote | | he | is | (the) | disdained | before | God |
| er | viel | von | sînem | gebote | | he | fell | by | his | command |
| ab | sîner | besten | werdekeit | | from | his | highest | prestige |
118 | in | ein | smæhlîchez | leit | | into | one | of shameful | misery |
| in | ergreif | diu | miselsuht | | him | seized | _ | leprosy |
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