Heinrich | der | sin | sî | ir | von | gote | komen | | the | decision | had | to her | from | God | come |
875 | von | jâmer | erkalte | in | der | lîp | | from | grief | became cold | _ | their | bodies |
| dô | der | meier | und | sîn | wîp | | when | the | farmer | and | his | wife |
| an | dem | bette | sâzen | | on | the | bed | sat |
878 | alsô | daz | si | vergâzen | | so | that | they | forgot |
| durch | des | kindes | minne | | because of | for the | child | love |
| der | zungen | und | der | sinne | | _ | speech | and | _ | reason |
881 | zuo | der | selben | stunde | | at | the | same | time |
| ir | dewederz | en- | -kunde | | of them | neither | _ | could |
| ein | einic | wort | gesprechen | | a | single | word | utter |
884 | daz | gegihte | begunde | brechen | | _ | spasms (of pain) | began | to convulse |
| die | muoter | von | leide | | the | mother | because of | sorrow |
| sus | gesâzen | si | beide | | so | sat | they | both |
887 | riuwic | und | unvrô | | sad | and | without joy |
| unz | si | sich | bedâhten | dô | | until | they | _ | thought | then |
| waz | in | ir | trûren | töhte | | what | them | their | grieving | availed |
890 | sô | ir | doch | niht | en- | -möhte | | because | from her | after all | nothing | _ | could |
| benemen | willen | und | den | muot | | take away | (her) decision | and | (her) | resolve |
| so | en- | -wære | in | niht | alsô | guot | | then | _ | would be | for them | nothing | so | good |
893 | sô | daz | si | ir- | -s | wol | gunden | | than | that | they | her | it | willingly | granted |
| wan | si | doch | niht | en- | -kunden | | for | they | surely | not | _ | could |
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