Heinrich | mir | behaget | diu | werlt | niht | sô | wol | | me | pleases | the | world | not | so | well |
709 | ir | gemach | ist | michel | arbeit | | its | comfort | is | a great | hardship |
| ir | meiste | liep | ein | herzeleit | | its | greatest | joy | a | heart-felt sorrow |
| ir | süezer | lôn | ein | bitter | nôt | | its | sweet | reward | a | bitter | distress |
712 | ir | lanclîp | ein | gæher | tôt | | its | long life | a | sudden | death |
| wir | hân | niht | gewisses | mê | | we | have | nothing | certain | more |
| wan | hiute | wol | und | morgen | wê | | than | today | well-being | and | tomorrow | pain |
715 | und | ie | ze | jungest | der | tôt | | and | always | in | the end | _ | death |
| daz | ist | ein | jæmerlîchiu | nôt | | that | is | a | wretched | misery |
| ez | en- | -schirmet | geburt | noch | guot | | it | neither | protects | noble birth | nor | possessions |
718 | schœne | sterke | hôher | muot | | beauty | strength | high | spirits |
| ez | en- | -vrumet | tugent | noch | êre | | it | neither | avails | virtues | nor | honor |
| vür | den | tôt | niht | mêre | | against | _ | death | anything | more |
721 | dan | ungeburt | und | untugent | | than | low birth | and | worthlessness |
| unser | leben | und | unser | jugent | | our | life | and | our | youth |
| ist | ein | nebel | und | ein | stoup | | are | _ | fog | and | _ | dust |
724 | unser | stæte | bibet | als | ein | loup | | our | constancy | trembles | like | a | leaf |
| er | ist | ein | vil | verschaffen | gouch | | he | is | a | very | misbegotten | fool |
| der | gerne | in | sich | vazzet | rouch | | who | gladly | into | himself | gathers | smoke |
727 | ez | sî | wîp | ode | man | | it | be | woman | or | man |
| der | diz | niht | wol | bedenken | kan | | who | this | not | certainly | realize | can |
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