Erec | war | umbe | woldet | ir | den | lîp | | _ | why | did want | you | (your) | life |
6162 | selbe | hân | ersterbet | | yourself | to have | taken |
| und | an | iu | hân | verderbet | | and | in | yourself | to have | destroyed |
| daz | schœniste | bilde | | the | most beautiful | image |
6165 | daz | zam | oder | wilde | | which | tame | or | wild |
| ie | mannes | ouge | gesach | | ever | (a) man's | eyes | saw |
| vrouwe | Ênîte | kûme | sprach | | Lady | Enite | with effort | spoke |
6168 | nû | sehet | ir | lieber | herre | | now | (can) see | you | dear | Sir |
| selbe | waz | mir | gewerre | | (for) yourself | what | me | troubles |
| woldet | ir | iu | selbe | tuon | den | tôt | | would | you | (to) you | yourself | have caused | _ | death |
6171 | herre | des | gienc | mir | doch | nôt | | Sir | this | (was) | (for) me | indeed | necessary |
| was | er | iuwer | âmîs | oder | iuwer | man | | was | he | your | lover | or | your | husband |
| beide | herre | nû | saget | an | | both | Sir | now | (tell) me | _ |
6174 | wer | hât | in | iu | erslagen | | who | has | him | _ | killed |
| nû | begunde | vrouwe | Ênîte | sagen | | now | began | Lady | Enite | to tell |
| vil | rehte | diu | mære | | very | completely | the | story |
6177 | wie- | -z | im | komen | wære | | how | it | (to) him | happened | had |
| nû | begunde | der | grâve | ahten | | now | began | the | count | to look (at her) |
| und | bî | im | betrahten | | and | to | himself | to consider |
6180 | daz | er | bî | sînen | zîten | | that | he | in | his | (life) time |
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