Erec | ouch | weiz | ich | daz | ich- | -z | arne | | also | know | I | that | I | (for) it | must pay |
3980 | zebriche | ich | aber | sîn | gebot | | (if) break | I | again | hi | command |
| nû | rât | mir | herre | rîcher | got | | now | advise | me | Lord | almighty | God |
| des | en- | -wart | mir | nie | sô | nôt | | (of) this | _ | was | for me | never | so great | (a) need |
3983 | ich | weiz | wol | ez | ist | mîn | tôt | | I | know | for certain | it | is | my | death |
| wan | er | hât | mir- | -z | nû | zwir | vertragen | | for | he | has | from me | it | now | twice | tolerated |
| waz | aber | von | diu | wirde | ich | erslagen | | what | however | about | it | (if) am | I | slain |
3986 | unde | nimt | er | mir | den | lîp | | and | (if) takes | he | from me | (my) | life |
| dannoch | lebet | manec | vrum | wîp | | yet | lives | many | good | women |
| ich | en- | -bin | ouch | niht | sô | klagelîch | | I | _ | am | also | not | so | lamentable |
3989 | sô | ist | er | edel | unde | rîch | | in contrast | is | he | noble | and | powerful |
| ê | im | iht | gewerre | | before | him | anything | harms |
3992 | sô | wil | ich | kiesen | den | tôt | | so | will | I | choose | _ | death |
| ir | triuwe | ir | daz | gebôt | | her | loyalty | of her | that | required |
| daz | si | ze | sînem | bette | gie | | that | she | to | his | bed | went |
3995 | 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 |
| von | vorhten | wart | si | missevar | | with | fright | was | she | pale |
3998 | als | ez | im | dô | wart | erkant | | when | it | to him | then | was | made known |
| ûf | stuont | er | zehant | | _ | arose | he | immediately |
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