Erec | wan | er | hât | mir- | -z | nû | zwir | vertragen | | for | he | has | from me | it | now | twice | tolerated |
3985 | waz | aber | von | diu | wirde | ich | erslagen | | what | however | about | it | (if) am | I | slain |
| unde | nimt | er | mir | den | lîp | | and | (if) takes | he | from me | (my) | life |
| dannoch | lebet | manec | vrum | wîp | | yet | lives | many | good | women |
3988 | ich | en- | -bin | ouch | niht | sô | klagelîch | | I | _ | am | also | not | so | lamentable |
| sô | ist | er | edel | unde | rîch | | in contrast | is | he | noble | and | powerful |
3991 | ê | im | iht | gewerre | | before | him | anything | harms |
| sô | wil | ich | kiesen | den | tôt | | so | will | I | choose | _ | death |
| ir | triuwe | ir | daz | gebôt | | her | loyalty | of her | that | required |
3994 | daz | si | ze | sînem | bette | gie | | that | she | to | his | bed | went |
| und | bôt | sich | vür | in | an | ir | knie | | and | fell | _ | before | him | on | her | knees |
| und | sagete | im | die | rede | gar | | and | told | him | the | matter | completely |
3997 | von | vorhten | wart | si | missevar | | with | fright | was | she | pale |
| als | ez | im | dô | wart | erkant | | when | it | to him | then | was | made known |
| ûf | stuont | er | zehant | | _ | arose | he | immediately |
4000 | und | bat | den | wirt | wachen | | and | ordered | the | innkeeper | be awakened |
| dô | begunde | er | sich | ûf | machen | | now | began | he | himself | _ | to prepare (to leave) |
| des | wirtes | knehten | er | seite | | the | innkeeper's | servants | he | told |
4003 | daz | man | im | diu | ros | bereite | | that | one | for him | the | horses | prepare |
| daz | was | schiere | getân | | which | was | quickly | done |
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