Klage | got | alsô | guot | ich | bin | hie | | God | so | good | I | am | here |
808 | jâ | verliez | got | den | sînen | nie | | indeed | has forsaken | God | one | of his | never |
| hüete | dich | der | bôsheit | | guard | yourself | (against) | evil (acts) |
| daz | ir | got | gebe | leit | | (may) that | (to) it | God | give | sorrow |
811 | wische | den | mies | von | den | ougen | | wipe | the | moss | from | (your) | eyes |
| der | rede | sîn | wir | tougen | | the | matter | should (keep) | we | private |
| dû | weist | wol | daz | du | ie | wære | | you | know | well | that | you | always | were |
814 | ein | rehter | slîchære | | a | pure | sneak |
| vil | lêre | ich | an | dir | verlôs | | (a) great deal (of) | advice | I | on | you | have wasted |
| ich | züge | dich | als | lîhte | muoterlôs | | I | could raise | you | (just) as | easily | motherless |
817 | ziph | welch | ein | hövescher | lîp | | phooey | what (a waste for) | a | courtly | body |
| welchen | tiuvel | hæte | ein | wîp | | (by) which | devil | had | a | woman |
| selher | wîs | an | dir | ersehen | | such a | manner | in | you | seen |
820 | daz | sî | dir | liebe | lieze | geschehen | | that | she | (from) you | love | would let | happen |
| sich | lîp | mir | ist | alsô | wê | | look | body | (I) | (am) | just as | (in) pain |
| sam | dem | bluomen | under | dem | snê | | as | the | flower | under | the | snow |
823 | 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 |
| dannoch | von | der | sumerzît | | at that time | from | _ | summer |
826 | er | duldet | manigen | herten | strît | | it | will suffer | many | hard | challenges |
| von | des | winters | gewalt | | from | _ | winter's | power |
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