Iwein | der | wart | sîn | ungevelle | | he | became | his | misfortune |
3031 | durch | nôt | bescheid | ich | iu | wâ | von | | _ | grudgingly | will tell | I | you | _ | how |
| wan | diu | werlt | ist | des | ungewon | | for | (for) the | world | is | this | unusual |
| swer | vrumen | gesellen | kiese | | whoever | (a) good | companion | chooses |
3034 | daz | er | dar | an | verliese | | that | he | _ | for this | should suffer |
| zewâre | geschach | ez | ê | nie | | truly | happened | it | before | never |
| ez | geschach | doch | im | und | sage | iu | wie | | it | happened | nevertheless | (to) him | and | (I) will tell | you | how |
3037 | her | Gâwein | was | der | höfschste | man | | Sir | Gawein | was | the | most courtly | man |
| der | rîters | namen | ie | gewan | | whoever | (a) knight's | title | ever | bore |
| engalt | er | sîn | daz | was | im | leit | | (if) suffered | he | (because of) him | that | was | (to) him | distressful |
3040 | wan | er | alle | sîn | arbeit | | for | he | all | his | efforts |
| im | ze | dienste | kêrte | | (to) him | in | service | turned |
| wie- | -r | im | sînen | prîs | gemêrte | | how | he | (for) him | his | fame | might increase |
3043 | swâ | sî | turnierens | pflâgen | | wherever | they | (in a) tournament | took part |
| des | sî | niht | verlâgen | | which | they | not | did miss (out of indolence) |
| dâ | muose | selch | rîterschaft | geschehen | | there | must | such | knightly deeds | have occurred |
3046 | die | got | mit | êren | möhte | sehen | | which | God | with | honor | might | have beheld |
| dâ | vürdert | er | in | in | allen | wîs | | there | helped | he | him | in | all | respects |
| und | alsô | gar | daz | im | der | prîs | | and | so | completely | that | (to) him | the | honor(s) |
3049 | aller | oftest | beleip | | most | often | fell |
| unz | er | der | tage | ze | vil | vertreip | | until | he | (of) the | days | too | many | let slip by |
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