Erec | mit | selher | kemenâten | | with | such (a) | chamber |
8208 | ez | was | vil | wol | gezieret | | it | was | very | well | decorated |
| sinewel | niht | gevieret | | round | not | rectangular |
| guot | unde | reine | | fine | and | beautiful |
8211 | von | edelem | steine | | of | valuable | stone |
| der | ie | mê | von | marmel | kam | | which | _ | ever | from | marble | was |
| als | ez | ir | ougen | wol | gezam | | so | it | their | eyes | indeed | pleased |
8214 | und | als | ez | der | wunsch | gebôt | | and | as | it | the | ideal | ordained |
| gel | grüene | brûn | rôt | | yellow | green | brown | red |
| swarz | wîz | weitîn | | black | white | blue |
8217 | dirre | mislîche | schîn | | this | varicolored | surface |
| sô | gebent | und | sô | geliutert | was | | so | smooth | and | so | polished | was |
| daz | er | glaste | sam | ein | glas | | that | it | shone | like | a | mirror |
8220 | geworht | mit | schœnen | witzen | | wrought | with | splendid | artistry |
| hie | sâhen | si | inne | sitzen | | here | saw | they | there (in) | sitting |
| den | wunsch | von | den | wîben | | the | ideal | of | _ | womanhood |
8223 | wer | möhte | iu | die | geschrîben | | who | could | (to) you | them | describe |
| und | geloben | ze | rehte | gar | | and | praise | _ | justly | all |
| man | en- | -mohte | sô | wünneclîcher | schar | | one | _ | could | (of) such a | lovely | company |
8226 | nie | gelîches | iht | beschouwen | | never | of the like | anything | seen |
| ez | wâren | ahzec | vrouwen | | there | were | eighty | ladies |
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