Erec | dô | ich | von | iuwern | schulden | | then | I | because of | your | guilt |
993 | die | schame | muoste | dulden | | _ | humiliation | had | to endure |
| diu | mînem | herzen | nâhen | gie | | which | to my | heart | near | went |
| ouch | geheize | ich | iu | hie | | also | promise | I | you | here |
996 | daz | iu | iuwers | getwerges | tuht | | that | you | because of your | dwarf's | use of force |
| und | sîn | grôziu | unzuht | | and | his | great | uncourtly behavior |
| nimmer | alsô | vil | gevrumt | | never | so | greatly | will benefit |
999 | sô | si | iu | ze | schaden | hiute | kumt | | as | it | you | to | disgrace | today | comes |
| der | ritter | aber | dô | sprach | | the | knight | however | then | spoke |
| geschach | iu | ie | ungemach | | (if) happened | to you | ever | distress |
1002 | von | mînen | schulden | de- | -ist | mir | leit | | through | my | guilt | this | is | for me | regretful |
| ouch | hât | mich | iuwer | vrümekeit | | also | has | on me | your | valor |
| der | selben | schulde | hie | ze | stat | | the | same | guilt | here | on (this very) | spot |
1005 | wol | ze | buoze | gesat | | certainly | as | compensation | set |
| nû | geruochet | mir | den | lîp | lân | | now | grant | _ | (my) | life | to spare |
| und | habe | ich | iht | des | getân | | and | have | I | something | _ | done |
1008 | des | ich | von | rehte | engelten | sol | | for which | I | _ | rightly | compensate | should |
| daz | widerdiene | ich | harte | wol | | that | repay | I | very | well |
| Êrec | erbarmde | sich | dô | | Erec | showed compansion | _ | then |
1011 | zuo | dem | ritter | sprach | er | sô | | to | the | knight | said | he | thus |
| nû | wil | ich | iuch | leben | lân | | now | will | I | you | let | live |
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