Erec | daz | mir | benamen | wirt | benomen | | that | from me | surely | will | be taken |
3976 | der | aller | liebiste | man | | the | very | dearest | husband |
| den | ie | wîp | mêr | gewan | | whom | before | (a) wife | ever | gained |
| ez | en- | -sî | daz | ich | in | warne | | (unless) it | _ | be | that | I | him | warn |
3979 | ouch | weiz | ich | daz | ich- | -z | arne | | also | know | I | that | I | (for) it | must pay |
| zebriche | ich | aber | sîn | gebot | | (if) break | I | again | hi | command |
| nû | rât | mir | herre | rîcher | got | | now | advise | me | Lord | almighty | God |
3982 | des | en- | -wart | mir | nie | sô | nôt | | (of) this | _ | was | for me | never | so great | (a) need |
| ich | weiz | wol | ez | ist | mîn | tôt | | I | know | for certain | it | is | my | death |
| wan | er | hât | mir- | -z | nû | zwir | vertragen | | for | he | has | from me | it | now | twice | tolerated |
3985 | waz | aber | von | diu | wirde | ich | erslagen | | what | however | about | it | (if) am | I | slain |
| unde | nimt | er | mir | den | lîp | | and | (if) takes | he | from me | (my) | life |
| dannoch | lebet | manec | vrum | wîp | | yet | lives | many | good | women |
3988 | ich | en- | -bin | ouch | niht | sô | klagelîch | | I | _ | am | also | not | so | lamentable |
| sô | ist | er | edel | unde | rîch | | in contrast | is | he | noble | and | powerful |
3991 | ê | im | iht | gewerre | | before | him | anything | harms |
| sô | wil | ich | kiesen | den | tôt | | so | will | I | choose | _ | death |
| ir | triuwe | ir | daz | gebôt | | her | loyalty | of her | that | required |
3994 | daz | si | ze | sînem | bette | gie | | that | she | to | his | bed | went |
| und | bôt | sich | vür | in | an | ir | knie | | and | fell | _ | before | him | on | her | knees |
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