Erec | dâ | si | von | klage | michel | leit | | where | she | from | lamenting | great | anquish |
5319 | in | dem | wilden | walde | erleit | | in | the | rugged | woods | suffered |
| ir | riuwigen | hende | | her | dispairing | hands |
| hâten | daz | gebende | | had | (her) | headdress |
5322 | unschône | abe | gestroufet | | mercilessly | _ | ripped (to pieces) |
| zekratzet | und | zeroufet | | scratched | and | torn (at) |
| hete | sich | daz | lîplôse | wîp | | had | herself | the | half-dead | woman |
5325 | daz | ir | diu | wât | und | der | lîp | | (so) that | (on) her | (her) | clothes | and | (her) | body |
| mit | bluote | was | berunnen | | with | blood | were | covered |
| si | hâte | ouch | gewunnen | | she | had | indeed | gained |
5328 | von | jâmer | selhe | swære | | from | grief | such | hardships |
| daz | doch | niemen | wære | | that | indeed | no one | were |
| alsô | vestes | herzen | | (of) such (a) | hard | heart |
5331 | hæte | er | ir | smerzen | | had | he | her | suffering |
| zuo | den | zîten | gesehen | | at | (that) | time | seen |
| sît | ich | der | wârheit | sol | jehen | | since | I | the | truth | must | tell |
5334 | si | en- | -müeste | im | erbarmen | | (that) she | (not) | would have | him | moved to pity |
| als | er | dô | die | armen | | when | he | there | the | poor (one) |
| in | selher | ungehabe | sach | | in | such | agitation | saw |
5337 | vil | nâch | weinende | sprach | | _ | almost | crying | spoke |
| Êrec | der | tugenthafte | man | | Erec | the | virtuous | man |
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