Heinrich | dar | ûf | er | si | vil | vaste | bant | | _ | to it | he | her | very | firmly | bound |
1208 | und | begunde | nemen | in | die | hant | | and | began | to pick up | in | his | hand |
| ein | scharphez | mezzer | daz | dâ | lac | | a | sharp | knife | which | there | lay |
| des | er | ze | selhen | dingen | phlac | | which | he | for | such | matters | used |
1211 | ez | was | lanc | unde | breit | | it | was | long | and | broad |
| wan | daz | ez | sô | wol | nie- | -ne | en- | -sneit | | but | that | it | so | well | not | _ | _ | (did) cut |
| als | im | wære | liep | gewesen | | as | (for him) | would have | desired | been |
1214 | dô | si | niht | solde | genesen | | since | she | not | was to | live |
| dô | erbarmete | in | ir | nôt | | then | caused pity | him | her | pain |
| und | wolde | ir | sanfte | tuon | den | tôt | | and | wanted to | for her | easy | make | _ | death |
1217 | Nû | lac | dâ | bî | im | ein | | now | lay | there | near | him | a |
| harte | guot | wetzestein | | very | good | whetstone |
| da | begunde | er- | -z | strîchen | ane | | there on | began | he | it | to stroke | _ |
1220 | harte | müezeclîchen | | very | diligently |
| dâ | bî | wetzen | daz | erhôrte | | _ | thereby | sharpening (it) | this | heard |
| der | ir | vreude | stôrte | | he who | her | happiness | (was to) destroy |
1223 | der | arme | Heinrich | hin | vür | | the | poor | Heinrich | _ | outside |
| dâ | er | stuont | vor | der | tür | | where | he | stood | before | the | door |
| und | erbarmete | in | vil | sêre | | and | caused regret | him | very | much |
1226 | daz | er | si | niemer | mêre | | that | he | her | never | more |
| lebende | solde | gesehen | | living | should | see |
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