Klage | daz | dûhte | in | êre | unde | heil | | that | appeared | (to) him | honor | and | good fortune |
250 | daz | er | dem | tiuvel | en- | -teil | | that | he | (to) the | devil | _ | (sent) |
| sînem | altherren | werden | müeze | | his | forefather | be | must |
| swie | ich | den | fluoch | gebüeze | | (even) if | I | (this) | curse | must atone for |
253 | und | alle | sîne | gelîchen | | and | all | his | equals |
| der | arme | zuo | dem | rîchen | | the | poor | like | the | rich |
| sî | sîn | tôt | oder | leben | | they | be | dead | or | alive |
256 | ich | wil | sî | ir | meister | ergeben | | I | will | them | (to) their | master | give |
| daz | er | sîne | knehte | | (so) that | he | his | servants |
| hœne | wol | nâch | rehte | | disparage | indeed | _ | justly |
259 | und | got | in | beneme | den | trôst | | and | God | (from) them | may take | the | consolation |
| daz | sî | iemer | werden | erlôst | | that | they | ever | will be | saved |
| von | der | helle | grunde | | from | (of) | hell | (the) depths |
262 | swaz | ich | des | segens | kunde | | whatever | I | (about) | blessings | know |
| des | wære | ich | gerne | ir | beteman | | (for) this | were | I | gladly | their | intercessor |
| wan | ich | in | ir | lônes | wol | gan | | for | I | (to) them | their | reward | well | would grant |
265 | sîn | en- | -müeze | niemer | werden | rât | | (for) him | - | must (there) | never | be | help |
| swer | den | site | erhaben | hât | | whoever | (this) | practice | began | _ |
| bî | dem | sô | maniger | bilde | nimet | | _ | which | so | many | (as) (an) example | take |
268 | daz | in | des | valsches | wol | gezimet | | that | (for) him | _ | infidelity | certainly | seems appropriate |
| daz | er | sich | dunket | rîche | | (so) that | he | himself | considers | powerful |
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