Erec | obene | mit | goldes | knophen | rôt | | at the top | with | (of) gold | balls | red |
7867 | der | iegelîcher | verre | bôt | | of them | each | far | sent |
| in | daz | lant | sînen | glast | | into | the | land | its | radiance |
| daz | bewîste | den | gast | | that | guided | the | guest |
7870 | dem | dar | ze | varne | geschach | | who | there | _ | traveling | were |
| daz | er | den | schîn | verre | sach | | that | he | the | reflection | from afar | saw |
| und | er | des | hûses | ûf | der | vart | | and | he | the | castle | on | (his) | travel |
7873 | des | tages | niht | verirret | wart | | (during) the | day | not | did miss | _ |
| ein | wazzer | dr- | -under | hin | vlôz | | a | river | _ | under it | _ | flowed out |
| des | val | gap | michelen | dôz | | its | fall | gave out | (a) mighty | roar |
7876 | wan | ez | durch | ein | gevelle | lief | | for | it | through | a | gorge | ran |
| daz | selbe | tal | was | alsô | tief | | that | same | valley | was | so | deep |
| swer | ûf | die | zinnen | sitzen | gie | | whoever | on | the | battlement | to sit | went |
7879 | und | er | ze | tal | diu | ougen | lie | | and | he | _ | downwards | (his) | eyes | cast |
| den | dûhte | daz | gevelle | | (to) him | seemed | the | gorge |
| sam | er | sæhe | in | die | helle | | as if | he | were looking | into | _ | hell |
7882 | der | swindel | in | ze | tal | zôch | | _ | dizziness | him | _ | downwards | pulled |
| sô | daz | er | wider | in | vlôch | | so | that | he | again | _ | hurried inside |
| an | der | anderen | sîten | | on | the | other | side |
7885 | dâ | man | zuo | mohte | rîten | | where | one | _ | could | approach |
| dâ | stuont | ein | stat | vil | rîche | | there | stood | a | residence | very | splendid |
|