Erec | ritter | unde | knehte | | knights | and | squires |
6278 | vrouwen | rîche | dienestman | | ladies | powerful | vassals |
| sô | ir | nie | grâve | mê | gewan | | such | (of) them | never | (a) count | ever | had |
| die | mache | ich | iu | undertân | | they | will make | I | (to) you | subject |
6281 | muget | ir | noch | iuwer | weinen | lân | | (if) will | you | just | your | crying | stop |
| nû | en- | -mohte | im | diu | guote | | now | not | could | him | the | good (one) |
| vor | grôzem | unmuote | | from | great | distress |
6284 | und | vor | herzensêre | | and | from | heart-felt sorrow |
| gantwurten | mêre | | answer | (any) more (than) |
| si | sprach | sô | si | daz | herze | twanc | | she | spoke | as | her | (her) | heart | compelled |
6287 | lât | herre | die | rede | lanc | | stop | Sir | the | speech | long |
| herre | lât | iuwern | spot | | Sir | stop | your | mockery |
| mit | mir | armen | durch | got | | of | me | poor (one) | for | God's (sake) |
6290 | und | sît | ir | rîche | de- | -ist | iu | guot | | and (if) | are | you | wealthy | this | is | (for) you | good |
| erkennet | herre | mînen | muot | | know | Sir | my | resolve |
| des | wil | ich | iu | kurze | bejehen | | which | will | I | (to) you | briefly | state |
6293 | ez | en- | -mac | nimmer | geschehen | | it | _ | can | never | happen |
| de- | -ich | iuwer | wîp | werde | | that | I | your | wife | become |
| oder | iemens | ûf | der | erde | | or | anyone else's | on | the | earth |
6296 | über | kurz | oder | über | lanc | | _ | now | or | _ | later |
| ez | geschæhe | sunder | mînen | danc | | it | (unless) happens | against | my | will |
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