Iwein| 1 | Swer | an | rehte | güete | | who | to | true | goodness |
| | wendet | sîn | gemüete | | turns | his | thoughts |
| | dem | volget | sælde | und | êre | | that one | attains | good fortune | and | honor |
| 4 | des | gît | gewisse | lêre | | (for) this | provides | incontestable | evidence |
| | künec | Artûs | der | guote | | King | Arthur | the | noble (one) |
| | der | mit | rîters | muote | | who | with (a) | knightly | spirit |
| 7 | nâch | lobe | kunde | strîten | | for | glory | could | strive |
| | er | hât | bî | sînen | zîten | | he | _ | in | his | time |
| | gelebet | alsô | schône | | lived | so | well |
| 10 | daz | er | der | êren | krône | | that | he | _ | honor's | crown |
| | dô | truoc | und | noch | sîn | name | treit | | then | bore | and | still | his | name | bears |
| | des | habent | die | wârheit | | therefore | (speak) | the | truth |
| 13 | sîne | lantliute | | his | countrymen |
| | sî | jehent | er | lebe | noch | hiute | | they | claim | he | is alive | still | today |
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