Iwein | wolde | erstechen | umbe | mich | | wanted | to stab | because of | me |
4005 | daz | rehtiu | triuwe | nâhen | gât | | that | true | loyalty | deep | goes |
| sît | mir | mîn | selbes | missetât | | since | (for) me | my | own | misdeed |
| mîner | vrouwen | hulde | | my | lady's | favor |
4008 | unde | dehein | ir | schulde | | and | no | (of) hers | fault |
| ân | aller | slahte | nôt | verlôs | | without | (any) | kind | (of) need | lost |
| und | weinen | vür | daz | lachen | kôs | | and | tears | over | _ | laughter | chose |
4011 | dô | disiu | grôze | clage | geschach | | when | this | great | lament | was taking place |
| daz | gehôrte | unde | sach | | it | overheard | and | saw |
| ein | juncvrouwe | diu | leit | | a | young lady | who | was suffering |
4014 | von | vorhten | grœzer | arbeit | | from | fear | greater | anguish |
| danne | ie | dehein | wîp | | than | ever | any | woman |
| wand | sî | gevangen | ûf | den | lîp | | for | she | imprisoned | on | (her) | life |
4017 | in | der | kapellen | lac | | in | the | chapel | lay |
| und | dô | er | dirre | clage | pflac | | and | while | he | this | lament | was undertaking |
| dô | sach | sî | hin | vür | | then | was looking | she | _ | out |
4020 | durch | eine | schrunden | an | der | tür | | through | a | crack | in | the | door |
| sî | sprach | wer | claget | dâ | wer | | she | said | who | is lamenting | there | who |
| wer | vrâget | des | sprach | aber | er | | who | is asking | (this) | said | in return | he |
4023 | sî | sprach | herre | daz | hie | claget | | she | said | Sir | who | here | is lamenting |
| daz | ist | ein | alsô | armiu | maget | | it | is | a | so | wretched | maiden |
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