Klage | unde | wellest | dû | sô | sage | | and (if) | want | you | then | tell |
1611 | mir | etewaz | mêre | | me | something | more |
| daz | geziehe | ze | guoter | lêre | | which | applies | to | good | advice |
| lîp | ich | gibe | dir | hie | an | | body | I | am giving | you | _ | hereby |
1614 | die | besten | lêre | die | ich | kan | | the | best | advice | which | I | know |
| wis | stæte | daz | ist | der | beste | list | | be | constant | that | is | the | best | way |
| und | merke | swie | herte | ist | | and | note | (no matter) how | hard | is |
1617 | ein | stein | ob | er | eteswâ | lît | | a | stone | if | it | somewhere | is lying |
| daz | ein | tropfe | ze | aller | zît | | (so) that | a | drop | at | all | times |
| emziclîchen | dar | ûf | gât | | without interruption | _ | on it | (falls) |
1620 | swie | kleine | kraft | ein | tropfe | hât | | (no matter) how | little | force | a | drop | has |
| er | machet | durch | den | stein | ein | loch | | it | will make | in | the | stone | a | hole |
| lîp | daz | en- | -kumet | doch | | body | that | _ | does come | however |
1623 | von | des | trophen | krefte | niht | | from | the | drop's | force | not |
| von | der | emzikeit | ez | geschiht | | from | (its) | continual action | it | happens |
| daz | er | dicke | vellet | dar | | that | it | (very) often | falls | there (on it) |
1626 | dâ | bî | solt | dû | nemen | war | | _ | from this | should | you | _ | realize |
| und | wellest | dû- | -s | geniezen | | if | want | you | (from) it | to benefit |
| so | en- | -lâ | dich- | -s | niht | verdriezen | | then | _ | let | you | (from) it | nothing | discourage |
1629 | du | en- | -dienest | ir | unz | ûf | die | stunt | | (that) you | _ | do serve | her | until | at | the | time |
| daz | ir | dîn | dienest | werde | kunt | | (when) that | (to) her | your | service | will become | known |
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