Heinrich | daz | er | im | bitende | wese | | that | he | for him | pray | _ |
25 | der | sêle | heiles | hin | ze | gote | | for his | soul's | salvation | there | to | God |
| man | giht | er | sî | sîn | selbes | bote | | they | say | he who | is also | his | own | messenger |
| und | erlœse | sich | dâ | mite | | and | redeems | himself | _ | thereby |
28 | swer | vür | des | andern | schulde | bite | | whoever | for | the | other's | guilt | prays |
| Er | las | daz | selbe | mære | | he | read | the | same | tale |
| wie | ein | herre | wære | | how | a | nobleman | _ |
31 | ze | Swâben | gesezzen | | in | Swabia | lived |
| an | dem | en- | -was | vergezzen | | on | whom | not | was | forgotten |
| deheiner | der | tugent | | any | of the | virtues |
34 | die | ein | ritter | in | sîner | jugent | | which | a | knight | in | his | youth |
| ze | vollem | lobe | haben | sol | | for | full | renown | have | shall |
| man | sprach | dô | nieman | alsô | wol | | one | spoke | at that time | of no one | so | highly |
37 | in | allen | den | landen | | in | all | these | lands |
| er | hete | ze | sînen | handen | | he | had | in | his | hands |
| geburt | unde | rîcheit | | noble birth | and | wealth |
40 | ouch | was | sîn | tugent | vil | breit | | also | were | his | virtues | very | extensive |
| swie | ganz | sîn | habe | wære | | however | extensive | his | possessions | may have been |
| sîn | geburt | unwandelbære | | his | birth | unblemished |
43 | und | wol | den | vürsten | gelîch | | and | certainly | to | princes | equal |
| doch | was | er | unnâch | alsô | rîch | | nevertheless | was | he | not nearly | so | rich |
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