Erec | nû | râte | ich | mînen | vriunden | sumen | | now | advise | I | (of) my | friends | some |
7636 | daz | si | die | niugerne | lân | | that | they | (their) | curiosity | forget |
| und | hie | heime | bestân | | and | here | at home | remain |
| swes | ein | man | wol | allen | tac | | whatever | a | man | indeed | all (his) | days |
7639 | sô | rehte | lîhte | engelten | mac | | so | very | easily | pay for (dearly) | must |
| und | nimmer | mêr | geniezen | | and | never | more | benefit |
| des | lât | iuch | vriunt | erdriezen | | (with this] | let | yourselves | friends | not bother |
7642 | dâ | stuont | ouch | daz | dritte | bî | | _ | was | also | the | third | thereby |
| vrâget | ir | waz | daz | sî | | ask | you | what | that | is |
| der | luft | in | sîner | ahte | | the | air | in | its | state |
7645 | die | vogele | maneger | slahte | | _ | birds | of many | kinds |
| swebeten | dar | inne | | hovered | _ | in it |
| geweben | mit | selhem | sinne | | woven | with | such | artistry |
7648 | rehte | sam | si | lebeten | | just | as if | they | were alive |
| und | ûf | ze | himele | strebeten | | and | _ | to | (the) sky | soared (up) |
| daz | viur | mit | sînen | trachen | | _ | fire | (along) with | its | dragons |
7651 | und | mit | andern | sachen | | and | with | other | things |
| die | des | viures | müezen | leben | | which | (in) the | fire | must | live |
| die | sach | man | ouch | dar | inne | sweben | | these | saw | one | also | _ | there in | hovering |
7654 | diu | ende | ein | lîste | bevie | | the | edges | a | border | surrounded |
| diu | nider | zuo | der | erde | gie | | which | _ | the | the | earth | hung down |
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