Erec | die | liute | westen | alle | wol | | the | people | knew | all | (full) well |
8662 | als | ir | ê | habet | vernomen | | as | you | earlier | have | heard |
| daz | ein | ritter | dar | was | komen | | that | a | knight | there | had | come |
| der | sich | des | ûz | hete | getân | | who | himself | this | _ | had | declared |
8665 | daz | er | wolde | bestân | | that | he | would | oppose |
| den | in | dem | boumgarten | | (the) one | in | the | park |
| des | muoste | gewarten | | (for) this | was | to be ready |
8668 | der | künec | Îvreins | von | Brandigân | | _ | King | Ivreins | of | Brandigan |
| ouch | en- | -wolden | hinder | im | niht | bestân | | also | _ | wanted | behind | him | not | to remain |
8671 | diu | burc | beleip | liute | lære | | the | castle | remained | (of) people | empty |
| âne | die | trûrigen | schar | | except for | the | sad | company |
| diu | beleip | dar | ûfe | gar | | who | remained | _ | (up) there | all |
8674 | wan | den | was | sô | leide | geschehen | | for | (to) them | had | so (much) | suffering | happened |
| daz | si | des | niht | wolden | sehen | | that | they | (of) this | nothing | wanted | to see |
| daz | si | beswârte | mêre | | which | them | would trouble | further |
8677 | von | al | ir | herzesêre | | of | all | their | heart-felt misery |
| was | doch | diz | ir | meistiu | nôt | | was | yet | this | their | greatest | sorrow |
| daz | ir | niht | ruochte | der | tôt | | that | them | not | did deign (to take) | _ | death |
8680 | nû | wâren | die | gazzen | in | der | stat | | now | were | the | streets | in | the | town |
| und | diu | dach | gar | besat | | and | the | rooftops | completely | crowded |
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