Erec| | daz | er | kûme | vür | brâhte | | that | he | scarcely | _ | (could) utter |
| 531 | die | rede | der | er | gedâhte | | the | words | which | he | thought |
| | er | sprach | herre | disen | spot | | he | said | sir | this | mockery |
| | sult | ir | lâzen | durch | got | | should | you | refrain from | _ | for God's sake |
| 534 | iuwer | rede | ist | vil | verlâzenlich | | your | words | are | very | inconsiderate |
| | nû | hât | got | über | mich | | now | has | God | over | me |
| | verhenget | swes | er | wolde | | hung | what | He | has wanted |
| 537 | anders | dan | ez | solde | | otherwise | than | it | befits me |
| | sô | ist | mîn | leben | nû | getân | | so | ist | my | life | now | shaped |
| | daz | wil | ich | von | gote | hân | | this | will | I | from | God | accept |
| 540 | des | gewaltes | ist | alsô | vil | | whose | power | is | thus so | great |
| | er | mac | den | rîchen | er | wil | | He | can | the | rich | (when) He | will |
| | dem | armen | gelîchen | | to the | poor | make equal |
| 543 | und | den | armen | gerîchen | | and | the | poor | make rich |
| | sîn | gewalt | ist | an | mir | worden | schîn | | His | power | has | on | me | become | visible |
| | durch | got | sult | ir | erbeten | sîn | | _ | in God's name | should | you | requested | be |
| 546 | daz | dirre | schimph | belîbe | | that | this | jest | cease |
| | ir | getuot | ze | wîbe | | you | can | for | a wife |
| | mîner | tohter | wol | rât | | my | daughter | well | do without |
| 549 | 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 |
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