Iwein | niht | baz | bewenden | kunde | | not | better | employ | could |
25 | daz | er | ouch | tihtennes | pflac | | (than) that | he | also | to writing (poetry) | undertook |
| daz | man | gerne | hœren | mac | | that (which) | one | liked | (to) hear | _ |
| dâ | kêrt | er | sînen | vlîz | an | | _ | turned | he | his | diligence | to this |
28 | er | was | genant | Hartman | | he | was | called | Hartmann |
| und | was | ein | Ouwære | | and | was | (from) | Aue |
| der | tihte | diz | mære | | he | composed | this | story |
31 | ez | hete | der | künec | Artûs | | _ | had | _ | King | Arthur |
| ze | Karidôl | in | sîn | hûs | | at | Karidol | in | his | castle |
| z- | -einen | pfingesten | geleit | | at | _ | Pentecost | proclaimed |
34 | nâch | rîcher | gewonheit | | in accordance with (his) | splendid | custom |
| ein | alsô | schœne | hôchzît | | a | such | magnificent | festival |
| daz | er | vor- | -des | noch | sît | | that | it | before | this | nor | since |
37 | deheine | schœner | nie | gewan | | any | more splendid | ever | surpassed |
| de- | -is- | -wâr | dâ | was | ein | bœser | man | | this | is | true | there | was (held) | a | common | man |
| in | vil | swachem | werde | | in | very | low | esteem |
40 | wan | sich | gesament | ûf | der | erde | | for | _ | gathered | on | _ | earth |
| bî | niemens | zîten | anderswâ | | in | no one's | (day) | elsewhere |
| sô | manec | guot | ritter | alsô | dâ | | so | many | noble | knights | as | there |
43 | ouch | wart | in | dâ | ze | hove | gegeben | | also | were | (for) them | there | at | court | provided |
| in | allen | wîs | ein | wunschleben | | in | all | respects | a | dream life |
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