Iwein | gezerret | swarz | unde | grôz | | torn | dirty | and | coarse |
4930 | die | edelen | rîter | wâren | blôz | | the | noble | knights | were | bare |
| an | beinen | unde | an | armen | | on (their) | legs | and | _ | arms |
| den | gast | begunde | erbarmen | | the | guest | _ | moved to compassion |
4933 | diu | grôze | nôt | die | sî | liten | | the | great | distress | which | they | suffered |
| ir | pfärit | wâren | diu | sî | riten | | their | horses | were | which | they | rode |
| tôtmager | und | vil | kranc | | emaciated | and | very | weak |
4936 | ir | ietwederz | strûchte | und | hanc | | (of) them | each | stumbled | and | limped |
| die | vüeze | wâren | in | unden | | (their) | feet | were | (on) them | under |
| zesamene | gebunden | | _ | tied together |
4939 | und | die | hende | vaste | | and | (their) | hands | tightly |
| ze | rücke | mit | baste | | behind (their) | backs | with | bast |
| den | gurren | die | sî | truogen | hin | | the | nags | which | them | bore | there |
4942 | den | wâren | die | zagele | under | in | | (on) them | were | (their) | tails | between | (one another) |
| zesamene | gevlohten | | _ | braided together |
| daz | sî | nie- | -ne | mohten | | (so) that | they | not | _ | could |
4945 | ein | ander | entwîchen | | (from) one | another | separate |
| dô | sî | sô | jæmerlîchen | | when | they | so | pitiable |
| ir | edel | vater | rîten | sach | | their | noble | father | riding | saw |
4948 | daz | im | sîn | herze | nie- | -ne | brach | | that | him | his | heart | not | _ | did break |
| von | jâmer | des | wundert | mich | | from | grief | (this) | causes wonder | me |
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