Erec | wider | iuch | vergâhete | ich | mich | | towards | you | acted offensively | I | _ |
1220 | des | en- | -twanc | mich | dehein | nôt | | this | _ | forced | upon me | no | need |
| wan | daz | mir- | -z | mîn | schalcheit | gebôt | | except | that | me | it | my | villainy | decreed |
| des | sol | ich | iu | ze | buoze | stân | | therefore | must | I | (before) you | in | penance | stand |
1223 | wan | ich | dar | an | gevolget | hân | | because | I | _ | therein | followed | have |
| tumbes | herzen | râte | | of a foolish | heart | (the) advice |
| nû | riuwet- | -z | mich | ze | spâte | | now | causes remorse | it | to me | too | late |
1226 | jâ | warne | ich | mich | ze | unzît | | indeed | warned | I | myself | at | (the) wrong time |
| sam | der | hase | sô | er | in | dem | netze | lît | | the same as | the | rabbit | when | he | in | the | net | is lying |
| des | ist | mîn | riuwe | worden | breit | | because of this | has | my | remorse | become | great |
1229 | ez | ist | eht | als | man | dâ | seit | | it | is | also | as | one | there | says |
| daz | unrehter | hôchmuot | | that | unjust | pride |
| dem | manne | lîhte | schaden | tuot | | _ | one | easily | harm | causes |
1232 | des | hân | ich | mich | enstanden | | of this | have | I | myself | understood |
| nâch | grôzen | mînen | schanden | | after | great | to myself | dishonor |
| und | bin | es | an | ein | ende | komen | | and | have | of it | to | an | (an) end | come |
1235 | wan | er | hât | mir | nâch | benomen | | for | it | has | me | nearly | taken |
| zuo | den | êren | daz | leben | | along with | (my) | honor | (my) | life |
| ich | wil | mich | schuldic | ergeben | | I | will | myself | as quilty | submit |
1238 | iu | ist | von | mir | geschehen | leit | | to you | has | from | me | happened | grief |
| ich | bin- | -z | der | iu | widerreit | | I | am | he | who | you | rode towards |
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