Erec | nû | sehet | ir | lieber | herre | | now | (can) see | you | dear | Sir |
6169 | selbe | waz | mir | gewerre | | (for) yourself | what | me | troubles |
| woldet | ir | iu | selbe | tuon | den | tôt | | would | you | (to) you | yourself | have caused | _ | death |
| herre | des | gienc | mir | doch | nôt | | Sir | this | (was) | (for) me | indeed | necessary |
6172 | was | er | iuwer | âmîs | oder | iuwer | man | | was | he | your | lover | or | your | husband |
| beide | herre | nû | saget | an | | both | Sir | now | (tell) me | _ |
| wer | hât | in | iu | erslagen | | who | has | him | _ | killed |
6175 | nû | begunde | vrouwe | Ênîte | sagen | | now | began | Lady | Enite | to tell |
| vil | rehte | diu | mære | | very | completely | the | story |
| wie- | -z | im | komen | wære | | how | it | (to) him | happened | had |
6178 | nû | begunde | der | grâve | ahten | | now | began | the | count | to look (at her) |
| und | bî | im | betrahten | | and | to | himself | to consider |
| daz | er | bî | sînen | zîten | | that | he | in | his | (life) time |
6181 | nâhen | noch | wîten | | near | nor | far |
| nie | schœner | wîp | hete | gesehen | | never | (a) more beautiful | woman | had | seen |
| ouch | begunden | im- | -s | die | ritter | jehen | | also | began | (to) him | it | (his) | knights | to tell |
6184 | die | vrouwen | er | von | im | lie | | the | lady | he | from | him | let go |
| z- | -einer | kurzen | sprâche | er | gie | | for | a | short | talk | he | went |
| er | sprach | ze | den | gesellen | sîn | | he | said | to | the | compnions | (of) his |
6187 | ein | dinc | ist | wol | schîn | | one | thing | is | certainly | apparent |
| daz | muget | ir | wol | schouwen | | this | can | you | indeed | see |
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