Erec | hete | er | hôhe | an | eine | stat | | had | he | high | on | a | place |
189 | einen | sparwære | ûf | gesat | | a | sparrow-hawk | _ | set up |
| ûf | eine | stange | silberîn | | on | a | perch | of silver |
| diz | muoste | jærlîche | sîn | | this | was | annually | to be held |
192 | ze | vreuden | sîner | lantdiet | | for the | entertainment | of his | people |
| von | der | rede | er | niemen | schiet | | according to | the | story | he | no one | excluded |
| niuwan | daz | gelîche | | it was nothing other | than that | in like manner |
195 | arme | unde | rîche | | poor | and | rich |
| durch | schœne | handelunge | | because of | wonderful | treatment |
198 | ze | sîner | vreude | kæmen | | to | his | festivities | came |
| swenne | si- | -z | vernæmen | | whenever | they | (about) it | heard |
| swes | vriundinne | den | strît | | whoever's | lady-friend | the | contest |
201 | behielte | ze | sîner | hôchzît | | won | at | his | festival |
| daz | si | diu | schœniste | wære | | that | she | the | most beautiful | was |
| diu | næme | den | sparwære | | this one | received | the | sparrow-hawk |
204 | den | hete | der | ritter | genomen | | this | had | the | knight | taken |
| zwir | ouch | was | er | komen | | twice | thus | had | he | come |
| daz | er | in | z- | -em | dritten | næme | | so that | he | it | for | the | third time | would take |
207 | und | ob | ez | alsô | kæme | | and | if | it | thus | happened |
| sô | hete | er | in | immer | mêre | | then | had | he | it | ever | more |
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