Erec | nû | hât | got | über | mich | | now | has | God | over | me |
536 | verhenget | swes | er | wolde | | hung | what | He | has wanted |
| anders | dan | ez | solde | | otherwise | than | it | befits me |
| sô | ist | mîn | leben | nû | getân | | so | ist | my | life | now | shaped |
539 | daz | wil | ich | von | gote | hân | | this | will | I | from | God | accept |
| des | gewaltes | ist | alsô | vil | | whose | power | is | thus so | great |
| er | mac | den | rîchen | er | wil | | He | can | the | rich | (when) He | will |
542 | dem | armen | gelîchen | | to the | poor | make equal |
| und | den | armen | gerîchen | | and | the | poor | make rich |
| sîn | gewalt | ist | an | mir | worden | schîn | | His | power | has | on | me | become | visible |
545 | durch | got | sult | ir | erbeten | sîn | | _ | in God's name | should | you | requested | be |
| daz | dirre | schimph | belîbe | | that | this | jest | cease |
| ir | getuot | ze | wîbe | | you | can | for | a wife |
548 | mîner | tohter | wol | rât | | my | daughter | well | do without |
| wan | si | des | guotes | niht | hât | | because | she | _ | of goods | nothing | has |
| swie | grôzen | bresten | ich | nû | dol | | (no matter) how | great | (a) need | I | now | suffer |
551 | doch | sult | ir | mir | gelouben | wol | | nevertheless | should | you | me | believe | certainly |
| ich | hân | gesehen | ê | den | tac | | I | have | seen | earlier | the | day |
| daz | iuwer | vater | der | künec | Lac | | that | your | father | _ | King | Lac |
554 | mich | gesellen | nande | | me | comrade-in-arms | called |
| wir | nâmen | in | sînem | lande | | we | took up | in | his | land |
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