Erec | mache | ich | ir | undertân | | would make | I | to her | subject |
524 | daz | si | des | muoz | walten | | that | she | (over) them | will | rule |
| dô | begunden | dem | alten | | then | began | (for) the | old man |
| von | jâmer | vil | tougen | | with | grief | very | hidden |
527 | truoben | diu | ougen | | to grow dim | (his) | eyes |
| weinens | sîn | herze | wart | gemant | | to tears | his | heart | was | moved |
| mit | dirre | rede | sâ | zehant | | with | these | words | _ | at once |
530 | daz | er | kûme | vür | brâhte | | that | he | scarcely | _ | (could) utter |
| die | rede | der | er | gedâhte | | the | words | which | he | thought |
| er | sprach | herre | disen | spot | | he | said | sir | this | mockery |
533 | sult | ir | lâzen | durch | got | | should | you | refrain from | _ | for God's sake |
| iuwer | rede | ist | vil | verlâzenlich | | your | words | are | very | inconsiderate |
| nû | hât | got | über | mich | | now | has | God | over | me |
536 | verhenget | swes | er | wolde | | hung | what | He | has wanted |
| anders | dan | ez | solde | | otherwise | than | it | befits me |
| sô | ist | mîn | leben | nû | getân | | so | ist | my | life | now | shaped |
539 | daz | wil | ich | von | gote | hân | | this | will | I | from | God | accept |
| des | gewaltes | ist | alsô | vil | | whose | power | is | thus so | great |
| er | mac | den | rîchen | er | wil | | He | can | the | rich | (when) He | will |
542 | dem | armen | gelîchen | | to the | poor | make equal |
| und | den | armen | gerîchen | | and | the | poor | make rich |
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