Heinrich | dô | der | meier | und | sîn | wîp | | when | the | farmer | and | his | wife |
877 | an | dem | bette | sâzen | | on | the | bed | sat |
| alsô | daz | si | vergâzen | | so | that | they | forgot |
| durch | des | kindes | minne | | because of | for the | child | love |
880 | der | zungen | und | der | sinne | | _ | speech | and | _ | reason |
| zuo | der | selben | stunde | | at | the | same | time |
| ir | dewederz | en- | -kunde | | of them | neither | _ | could |
883 | ein | einic | wort | gesprechen | | a | single | word | utter |
| daz | gegihte | begunde | brechen | | _ | spasms (of pain) | began | to convulse |
| die | muoter | von | leide | | the | mother | because of | sorrow |
886 | sus | gesâzen | si | beide | | so | sat | they | both |
| riuwic | und | unvrô | | sad | and | without joy |
| unz | si | sich | bedâhten | dô | | until | they | _ | thought | then |
889 | waz | in | ir | trûren | töhte | | what | them | their | grieving | availed |
| 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 |
892 | so | en- | -wære | in | niht | alsô | guot | | then | _ | would be | for them | nothing | so | good |
| 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 |
895 | ir | niemer | werden | baz | âne | | her | never | lose | better | _ |
| geviengen | si | der | rede | haz | | (if) received | they | the | matter | badly |
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