Erec | als | er | dan | wolde | rîten | | as (if) | he | from there | would | ride |
4777 | Keiîn | bat | in | bîten | | Kei | begged | him | to stay |
| er | sprach | ich | wil | ez | gote | klagen | | he | said | I | must | it | (to) God | lament |
| daz | ich | muoz | mîn | laster | sagen | | that | I | must | my | shame | proclaim |
4780 | nû | sage | ich | iu | wer | ich | bin | | now | will tell | I | you | who | I | am |
| mîn | name | lûtet | Keiin | | my | name | is | Kei |
| ouch | geruochet | mîn | der | künec | Artûs | | also | deigns to keep | me | _ | King | Arthur |
4783 | ze | truhsæzen | in | sînem | hûs | | as | seneschal | at | his | court |
| sîner | swestersüne | ein | | (of) his | nephews | one |
| der | edel | ritter | Gâwein | | the | noble | knight | Gawein |
4786 | diz | ros | er | mir | lêch | | (his) | horse | he | me | lent |
| mir- | -st | leit | daz | er | mir- | -s | niht | verzêch | | (to) me | (it) is | regretful | that | he | mit | it | not | did refuse |
| wan | sô | wære | mir | schande | buoz | | because | so | were | (I) | (from) dishonor | free |
4789 | die | ich | nû | dulden | muoz | | which | I | now | endure | must |
| dô | mîn | herre | hiute | enbeiz | | when | my | lord | today | was eating |
| den | tiuvel | ich | mir | selben | weiz | | the | devil | I | __ | myself | know |
4792 | daz | ich | mir | niht | sanfte | kunde | leben | | that | I | _ | not | peacefully | could | live |
| nâch | laster | begunde | ich | streben | | after | disgrace | have | I | sought |
| des | hân | ich | gewunnen | teil | | (and) it | have | I | gained | in (large) measure |
4795 | dô | riet | mir | mîn | unheil | | then | advised | me | my | misfortune |
| daz | ich | mir | sîn | ros | lîhen | bat | | that | I | me | his | horse | to loan | requested (him) |
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