Erec | als | si | der | wille | lêrte | | as | she | (her) | judgement | taught |
5311 | dô | er | von | ir | kêrte | | as | he | from | her | left |
| des | endes | huop | sich | Êrec | | (in) the | direction | set out | _ | Erec |
| durch | rûhen | walt | âne | wec | | through | rough | woods | without | roads |
5314 | unerbûwen | strâze | | (and) untrodden | ways |
| wan | daz | er | die | mâze | | only | that | he | the | correct direction |
| bî | des | wîbes | stimme | nam | | by | the | woman's | voice | took |
5317 | unz | daz | er | rehte | dar | kam | | until | that | he | right | there | came |
| dâ | si | von | klage | michel | leit | | where | she | from | lamenting | great | anquish |
| in | dem | wilden | walde | erleit | | in | the | rugged | woods | suffered |
5320 | ir | riuwigen | hende | | her | dispairing | hands |
| hâten | daz | gebende | | had | (her) | headdress |
| unschône | abe | gestroufet | | mercilessly | _ | ripped (to pieces) |
5323 | zekratzet | und | zeroufet | | scratched | and | torn (at) |
| hete | sich | daz | lîplôse | wîp | | had | herself | the | half-dead | woman |
| daz | ir | diu | wât | und | der | lîp | | (so) that | (on) her | (her) | clothes | and | (her) | body |
5326 | mit | bluote | was | berunnen | | with | blood | were | covered |
| si | hâte | ouch | gewunnen | | she | had | indeed | gained |
| von | jâmer | selhe | swære | | from | grief | such | hardships |
5329 | daz | doch | niemen | wære | | that | indeed | no one | were |
| alsô | vestes | herzen | | (of) such (a) | hard | heart |
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