Erec | daz | ez | ir | schult | wære | | that | it | her | fault | was |
3009 | si | begunde | dise | swære | | sie | began | this | burden |
| harte | wîplîchen | tragen | | (very) | womanly | to bear |
| Êrecke | getorste | si- | -z | niht | klagen | | (to) Erec | dared | she | (about) it | not | complain |
3012 | si | vorhte | in | dâ | verliesen | mite | | (for) she | feared | him | _ | to lose | thereby |
| nû | kam | ez | alsô | nâch | ir | site | | now | happened | it | so | according to | their | custom |
| daz | er | umbe | einen | mitten | tac | | that | he | around | _ | mid- | -day |
3015 | an | ir | arme | gelac | | in | her | arms | was lying |
| nû | gezam | des | wol | der | sunnen | schîn | | now | suited | this | well | the | sun- | shine |
| daz | er | ir | dienest | muoste | sîn | | that | it | their | servant | had | to be |
3018 | wan | er | den | gelieben | zwein | | for | it | (on) the | lovers | two |
| durch | ein | vensterglas | schein | | through | a | window | shone |
| und | hete | die | kemenâten | | and | had | the | room |
3021 | liehtes | berâten | wol | | with light | provided | well |
| daz | si | sich | mohten | undersehen | | so that | they | one another | could | see (well) |
| daz | ir | von | vluochen | was | geschehen | | what | to her | in the way of | curses | had | happened |
3024 | dâ | begunde | si | denken | an | | _ | began | she | to think | about it |
| vil | gâhes | ruhte | si | hin | dan | | very | quickly | pulled | she | away | (from him) |
| si | wânde | daz | er | sliefe | | she | thought | that | he | was sleeping |
3027 | einen | sûft | nam | si | tiefe | | a | sigh | took | she | deeply |
| unde | sach | in | vaste | an | | and | looked at | him | closely | _ |
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