Heinrich | 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 |
| dô | man | die | swæren | gotes | zuht | | when | one | the | painful | of God | chastisement |
121 | ersach | an | sînem | lîbe | | saw | on | his | body |
| manne | unde | wîbe | | (to) men | and | women |
| wart | er | dô | widerzæme | | became | he | then | repulsive |
124 | nû | sehet | wie | genæme | | now | see | how | engaging |
| er | ê | der | werlte | wære | | he | before | to the | world | was |
| er | wart | nû | als | unmære | | he | became | now | just as | unpleasant |
126a | ze | heuwe | wart | sîn | grüenez | gras | | into | hay | turned | his | green | grass |
| der | ê | der | werlte | venre | was | | who | before | the | world's | flower | had been |
| daz | in | niemen | gerne | sach | | so that | him | no one | wanted | to look at |
128 | als | ouch | Jôbe | geschach | | just as | also | to Job | happened |
| dem | edeln | und | dem | rîchen | | the | noble | and | the | powerful |
| der | ouch | vil | jæmerlîchen | | who | also | very | wretchedly |
131 | dem | miste | wart | ze | teile | | the | manure pile | was | _ | cast upon |
| iemitten | in | sînem | heile | | in the midst of | _ | his | happiness |
| Dô | der | arme | Heinrich | | when | _ | poor | Heinrich |
134 | alrêst | verstuont | sich | | only now | realized | _ |
| daz | er | der | werlte | widerstuont | | that | he | to the | world | was repulsive |
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