Heinrich | sô | er | schierest | mohte | | as | he | the quickest | could |
1020 | swaz | joch | der | maget | tohte | | whatever | indeed | (for) the | maiden | was suitable |
| daz | wart | vil | schiere | bereit | | that | was | very | quickly | procured |
| schœniu | phärt | und | rîchiu | kleit | | beautiful | horses | and | expensive | garments |
1023 | diu | si | getruoc | nie | vor | der | zît | | which | she | had worn | never | before | this | time |
| hermîn | unde | samît | | ermine | and | velvet |
| den | besten | zobel | den | man | vant | | the | best | sable | that | one | found |
1026 | daz | was | der | mägede | gewant | | that | was | the | maiden's | clothing |
| Nû | wer | möhte | vol | gesagen | | now | who | could | fully | describe |
| die | herzeriuwe | und | daz | klagen | | the | heartfelt grief | and | the | lamentation |
1029 | und | ir | muoter | grimmez | leit | | and | her | mother's | bitter | suffering |
| und | ouch | des | vater | arbeit | | and | also | the | father's | distress |
| ez | wære | wol | under | in | beiden | | it | would have been | certainly | for | them | both |
1032 | ein | jæmerlîchez | scheiden | | a | distressing | parting |
| dô | si | ir | liebez | kint | von | in | | when | they | their | dear | child | from | them |
| gevrumten | sô | gesundez | hin | | sent | so | healthy | away |
1035 | niemer | mê | ze | sehenne | in | den | tôt | | never | more | to | see again | _ | to | death |
| wan | daz | in | senfterte | ir | nôt | | except | that | them | had eased | their | misery |
| diu | reine | gotes | güete | | the | perfect | God's | kindness |
1038 | von | der | doch | daz | gemüete | | from | which | in any case | the | resolve |
| dem | jungen | kinde | bekam | | to the | young | child | came |
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