Erec | lânt | in | ir | der | er | baz | gezeme | | leave | it | for her | whom | it | better | befits |
697 | und | diu | in | von | rehte | neme | | and | she who | it | _ | by right | takes |
| daz | ist | hie | mîn | vriundîn | | that | is | here | my | lady-love |
| der | sol | er | billîchen | sîn | | for her | must | he | by right | belong |
700 | Êrec | sprach | herre | guot | kneht | | Erec | spoke | sir | good | knight |
| ir | habet | den | sparwære | âne | reht | | you | have | the | sparrow-hawk | without | right |
| genomen | disiu | zwei | jâr | | taken | these | two | years |
703 | nû | wizzet | rehte | vür | wâr | | now | know | exactly | in | truth |
| es | en- | -mac | niht | mêre | geschehen | | it | _ | can | not | again | happen |
| es | en- | -wellen | iu | die | liute | jehen | | it | unless | will | to you | the | people | grant |
706 | ez | muoz | under | uns | beiden | | it | must | between | us | two |
| diu | ritterschaft | scheiden | | (a) | knightly contest | decide |
| er | sprach | jungelinc | ob | iu | wære | | he | spoke | youth | if | for you | were |
709 | der | lîp | z- | -ihte | mære | | (your) | life | for | anything | of value |
| sô | liezet | ir | enzît | | then | abandon | you | immediately |
| iuwern | kintlîchen | strît | | your | childish | challenge |
712 | wan | ir | in | nû | schiere | wirs | lât | | for | you | it | now | quickly | worse | will become |
| sô | ez | an | den | lîp | gât | | because | it | on | (your) | life | goes |
| ich | sage | iu | vor | wie | iu | geschiht | | I | will tell in advance | you | _ | what | to you | will happen |
715 | ir | erbarmet | mir | niht | | you | will receive (in) mercy | from me | nothing |
| als | ich | iu | nû | gesige | an | | when | I | you | now | defeat | _ |
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