Klage | sich | lîp | mir | ist | alsô | wê | | look | body | (I) | (am) | just as | (in) pain |
822 | sam | dem | bluomen | under | dem | snê | | as | the | flower | under | the | snow |
| der | in | dem | merzen | ûf | gât | | which | in | _ | March | _ | comes up |
| wan | er | niht | ganzer | helfe | hât | | for (if) | it | nothing | (of) sufficient | help | has |
825 | dannoch | von | der | sumerzît | | at that time | from | _ | summer |
| er | duldet | manigen | herten | strît | | it | will suffer | many | hard | challenges |
| von | des | winters | gewalt | | from | _ | winter's | power |
828 | er | tuot | im | dicke | ze | kalt | | it | (is) | (for) it | often | too | cold |
| unde | sô | er | wære | | and | just as | it | would be |
| schœne | ob | in | verbære | | beautiful | if | it | would be spared |
831 | des | winters | meisterschaft | | (a) | winter's | dominance |
| sô | benimt | er | im | sîne | kraft | | then | robs | it | it | (of) its | strength |
| und | trîbet | in | von | sînem | rehte | | and | keeps | it | from | its | right |
834 | der | winter | und | sîne | knehte | | _ | winter | and | its | servants |
| daz | ist | der | rîfe | und | der | wint | | which | are | _ | (hoar)frost | and | _ | wind |
| die | den | bluomen | schade | sint | | which | (to) _ | flower | harmful | are |
837 | ouch | vellet | sî | dicke | der | snê | | also | brings down | them | often | _ | snow |
| dannoch | ist | mînes | schaden | mê | | yet | is | my | harm | greater |
| wan | der | bluome | gedingen | hât | | for | the | flower | hope | has |
840 | daz | sînes | schaden | werde | rât | | that | its | harm | receives | help |
| swenne | er | umb | den | mitten | tac | | whenever | it | at | _ | mid- | -day |
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