Iwein | daz | ich | des | lîbes | sî | ein | zage | | that | I | (for my) | life | am | a | coward |
4914 | nû | schiet | den | zwîvel | und | die | clage | | now | was resolved | the | doubt | and | the | lament |
| der | grôze | rise | des | sî | dâ | biten | | the | great | giant | (for) whom | they | there | were waiting |
| der | kam | dort | zuo | in | geriten | | he | came | there | toward | them | riding |
4917 | und | vuorte | sîne | gevangen | | and | led | his | prisoners |
| an | den | het | er | begangen | | on | them | had | he | committed |
| grôze | unhövescheit | | great | uncourtly deeds |
4920 | in | wâren | aller | hande | cleit | | (on) them | were | all | manner of | clothing |
| ze | den | zîten | vremde | | at | this | time | lacking |
| niuwan | diu | bœsten | hemde | | except | the | meanest | shirts |
4923 | diu | ie | küchenkneht | getruoc | | which | ever | a kitchen boy | wore |
| sî | treip | ein | getwerc | daz | sî | sluoc | | them | drove | a | dwarf | who | them | was striking |
| mit | sîner | geiselruoten | | with | a | whip |
4926 | daz | sî | über | al | bluoten | | (so) that | they | over | all | were bleeding |
| die | herren | riten | ungeschuoch | | the | lords | rode | barefooted |
| ir | hemde | was | ein | sactuoch | | (their) | shirts | were | _ | (of) sackcloth |
4929 | gezerret | swarz | unde | grôz | | torn | dirty | and | coarse |
| die | edelen | rîter | wâren | blôz | | the | noble | knights | were | bare |
| an | beinen | unde | an | armen | | on (their) | legs | and | _ | arms |
4932 | den | gast | begunde | erbarmen | | the | guest | _ | moved to compassion |
| diu | grôze | nôt | die | sî | liten | | the | great | distress | which | they | suffered |
|