Erec | ez | kam | alsô | daz | ich | gereit | | it | came about | thus | that | I | rode |
9463 | hie | vor | in | mîner | kintheit | | _ | out | in | my | youth |
| von | hinnen | in | ein | ander | lant | | from | here | into | _ | another | land |
| dâ | ich | dise | vrouwen | vant | | where | I | this | lady | found |
9466 | in | ir | muoter | gewalt | | in | her | mother's | care |
| ein | kint | wol | einlif | jâr | alt | | a | child | fully | eleven | years | old |
| von | edelem | künne | | of | noble | family |
9469 | ouch | en- | -sach | ich | grœzer | wünne | | also | _ | saw | I | greater | beauty |
| nie | an | kindes | lîbe | | never | in | (a) child's | figure |
| von | manne | noch | von | wîbe | | _ | male | or | _ | female |
9472 | als | mir | mîn | sin | dô | verjach | | as | me | my | senses | there | told |
| und | dô | si | mîn | ouge | ersach | | and | when | her | my | eyes | saw |
| sô | edel | und | sô | wünneclich | | so | noble | and | so | lovely |
9475 | dô | nam | si | mîn | herze | an | sich | | then | took | she | my | heart | for | herself |
| wan | wir | dô | beidiu | wâren | | for | we | then | both | were |
| junc | von | gelîchen | jâren | | young | (of) the | same | age |
9478 | zehant | ich | umbe | ir | minne | warp | | at once | I | for | her | love | courted |
| der | selbe | gewerp | ouch | niht | verdarp | | (this) | same | courting | did | not | fail |
| wande | si | mit | mir | entran | | for | she | with | me | ran away |
9481 | als | ich | si | dô | brâhte | dan | | when | I | her | then | brought | from there |
| ûf | diz | selbe | hûs | her | heim | | to | this | same | castle | here | at home |
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