Gregorius | ie | unz | her | ze | den | buochen | twanc | | ever | until | now | to (read) | _ | books | urged |
1584 | sô | turnierte | mîn | gedanc | | so | tournied | my | thoughts |
| sô | man | mich | buoche | wente | | while | one | me | (to) books | would accustom |
| wie | sich | mîn | herze | sente | | how | _ | my | heart | was yearning |
1587 | und | mîn | gedanc | spilte | | and | my | thoughts | fought |
| gegen | einem | schilte | | against | a | shield |
| ouch | was | mir | ie | vil | ger | | also | was | (I) | always | very | eager |
1590 | vür | den | griffel | zuo | dem | sper | | (than) for | the | stylus | (more) for | the | lance |
| vür | die | veder | ze | dem | swerte | | (than) for | the | quill | (more) for | the | sword |
| daz | ist | des | ich | ie | gerte | | this | is | what | I | always | have desired |
1593 | mînen | gedanken | wart | nie | baz | | my | thoughts | were | never | better |
| dan | sô | ich | ze | orse | gesaz | | than | when | I | on | horse(back) | sat |
| und | den | schilt | ze | halse | genam | | and | (my) | shield | before (my) | neck | clasped |
1596 | und | daz | sper | als | ez | gezam | | and | the | lance | as | it | is proper |
| und | daz | under- | -n | arm | gesluoc | | und | it | under | (my) | arm | fixed |
| und | mich | daz | ors | von | sprunge | truoc | | and | me | the | horse | in | gallop | carried |
1599 | sô | liez | ich | schenkel | vliegen | | then | let | I | thighs | fly |
| die | kunde | ich | sô | gebiegen | | these | could | I | so | bend |
| daz | ich | daz | ors | mit | sporn | sluoc | | that | I | the | horse | with | spurs | struck |
1602 | weder | z- | -en | lanken | noch | in | den | buoc | | neither | in | the | flanks | nor | in | the | hocks |
| dâ | hinder | eines | vingers | breit | | _ | there behind | a | finger's | breadth |
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