Erec | er | mac | den | rîchen | er | wil | | He | can | the | rich | (when) He | will |
542 | dem | armen | gelîchen | | to the | poor | make equal |
| und | den | armen | gerîchen | | and | the | poor | make rich |
| sîn | gewalt | ist | an | mir | worden | schîn | | His | power | has | on | me | become | visible |
545 | durch | got | sult | ir | erbeten | sîn | | _ | in God's name | should | you | requested | be |
| daz | dirre | schimph | belîbe | | that | this | jest | cease |
| ir | getuot | ze | wîbe | | you | can | for | a wife |
548 | mîner | tohter | wol | rât | | my | daughter | well | do without |
| wan | si | des | guotes | niht | hât | | because | she | _ | of goods | nothing | has |
| swie | grôzen | bresten | ich | nû | dol | | (no matter) how | great | (a) need | I | now | suffer |
551 | doch | sult | ir | mir | gelouben | wol | | nevertheless | should | you | me | believe | certainly |
| ich | hân | gesehen | ê | den | tac | | I | have | seen | earlier | the | day |
| daz | iuwer | vater | der | künec | Lac | | that | your | father | _ | King | Lac |
554 | mich | gesellen | nande | | me | comrade-in-arms | called |
| wir | nâmen | in | sînem | lande | | we | took up | in | his | land |
| beide | mit | ein | ander | swert | | both | with | _ | one other | (the) sword |
557 | daz | ir | nû | mîner | tohter | gert | | that | you | now | my | daughter | desire |
| mich | en- | -triege | mîn | wân | | me | (if) not | deceives | my | mind |
| daz | hânt | ir | durch | schimph | getân | | this | have | you | though | jest | done |
560 | Êrec | wart | von | der | rede | rôt | | Erec | became | from | these | words | red |
| er | sprach | herre | welch | nôt | | he | spoke | sir | what | need |
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