Erec | wan | er | sunder | âz | und | lac | | for | he | apart (from her) | ate | and | lay |
3972 | nû | gedâhte | diu | guote | | now | thought | the | good (lady) |
| alsô | in | ir | muote | | thus | in | her | mind |
| ez | ist | mir | ûf | daz | zil | komen | | it | has | for me | to | the | point | come |
3975 | daz | mir | benamen | wirt | benomen | | that | from me | surely | will | be taken |
| der | aller | liebiste | man | | the | very | dearest | husband |
| den | ie | wîp | mêr | gewan | | whom | before | (a) wife | ever | gained |
3978 | ez | en- | -sî | daz | ich | in | warne | | (unless) it | _ | be | that | I | him | warn |
| ouch | weiz | ich | daz | ich- | -z | arne | | also | know | I | that | I | (for) it | must pay |
| zebriche | ich | aber | sîn | gebot | | (if) break | I | again | hi | command |
3981 | nû | rât | mir | herre | rîcher | got | | now | advise | me | Lord | almighty | God |
| des | en- | -wart | mir | nie | sô | nôt | | (of) this | _ | was | for me | never | so great | (a) need |
| ich | weiz | wol | ez | ist | mîn | tôt | | I | know | for certain | it | is | my | death |
3984 | wan | er | hât | mir- | -z | nû | zwir | vertragen | | for | he | has | from me | it | now | twice | tolerated |
| waz | aber | von | diu | wirde | ich | erslagen | | what | however | about | it | (if) am | I | slain |
| unde | nimt | er | mir | den | lîp | | and | (if) takes | he | from me | (my) | life |
3987 | dannoch | lebet | manec | vrum | wîp | | yet | lives | many | good | women |
| ich | en- | -bin | ouch | niht | sô | klagelîch | | I | _ | am | also | not | so | lamentable |
| sô | ist | er | edel | unde | rîch | | in contrast | is | he | noble | and | powerful |
3990 | mîn | lieber | herre | | my | dear | lord |
| ê | im | iht | gewerre | | before | him | anything | harms |
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