Gregorius
| | si | was | geborn | ze | grôzer | nôt |
| she | was | born | to | great | suffering |
| 823 | noch | en- | -was | ez | niht | gescheiden |
| nor | _ | was | it | not | finished |
| | mit | disen | drin | leiden |
| with | these | three | sorrows |
| | unmanic | tac | ende | nam |
| not many | days | had passed | _ |
| 826 | unz | ir | bœse | mære | kam |
| until | (to) her | bad | news | came |
| | und | der | grœzist | ungemach |
| and | the | greatest | distress |
| | der | ir | z- | -ir | lebene | ie | geschach |
| which | (to) her | in | her | life | ever | had happened |
| 829 | daz | ir | bruoder | wære | tôt |
| that | her | brother | was | dead |
| | der | tôt | kam | im | von | seneder | nôt |
| (his) | death | came | _ | from | yearning | grief |
| | dô | si | von | ir | bruoder | schiet |
| when | she | from | her | brother | parted |
| 832 | als | in | der | wîse | beiden | riet |
| as | them | the | wise (man) | both | had advised |
| | nu | begunde | er | siechen | zehant |
| then | began | he | to languish | immediately |
| | des | twanc | in | der | minne | bant |
| (to) this | forced | him | _ | love's | (pangs) |
| 835 | und | muose | belîben | sîner | vart |
| and | (he) had | to discontinue | his | journey |
| | der | er | durch | got | enein | wart |
| which | he | for | God | agreed (upon) | had |
| | sîn | jâmer | wart | sô | vester |
| his | grief | became | so (much) | stronger |
| 838 | nâch | sîner | lieben | swester |
| for | his | dear | sister |
| | daz | er | ze | deheiner | stunde |
| that | he | at | no | time |
| | sich | getrœsten | kunde |
| himself | comfort | could |
| 841 | alsus | dorrete | im | der | lîp |
| thus | wasted away | (on) him | (his) | body |
| | swie | si | doch | jehen | daz | diu | wîp |
| however | they | yet | claim | that | _ | women |
