Erec | sô | nim | ich | si | ze | wîbe | | so | shall take | I | her | as | (my) wife |
516 | dar | umbe | durfet | ir- | -z | niht | lân | | _ | therefore | should | you | it | not | reject |
| si | en- | -hât | an | mir | niht | missetân | | she | _ | (would) find | in | me | nothing | failing |
| ez | mac | wol | mit | êren | sîn | | it | may | certainly | with | honor | happen |
519 | ich | künde | iu | den | vater | mîn | | I | shall tell | you | (about) | father | my |
| der | ist | der | künec | Lac | genant | | he | is | _ | King | Lac | called |
| beide | liute | unde | lant | | both | (his) people | and | land |
522 | lîp | und | allez | daz | ich | hân | | myself | and | everything | that | I | have |
| mache | ich | ir | undertân | | would make | I | to her | subject |
| daz | si | des | muoz | walten | | that | she | (over) them | will | rule |
525 | dô | begunden | dem | alten | | then | began | (for) the | old man |
| von | jâmer | vil | tougen | | with | grief | very | hidden |
| truoben | diu | ougen | | to grow dim | (his) | eyes |
528 | weinens | sîn | herze | wart | gemant | | to tears | his | heart | was | moved |
| mit | dirre | rede | sâ | zehant | | with | these | words | _ | at once |
| daz | er | kûme | vür | brâhte | | that | he | scarcely | _ | (could) utter |
531 | die | rede | der | er | gedâhte | | the | words | which | he | thought |
| er | sprach | herre | disen | spot | | he | said | sir | this | mockery |
| sult | ir | lâzen | durch | got | | should | you | refrain from | _ | for God's sake |
534 | iuwer | rede | ist | vil | verlâzenlich | | your | words | are | very | inconsiderate |
| nû | hât | got | über | mich | | now | has | God | over | me |
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