Erec | und | hie | heime | bestân | | and | here | at home | remain |
7638 | swes | ein | man | wol | allen | tac | | whatever | a | man | indeed | all (his) | days |
| sô | rehte | lîhte | engelten | mac | | so | very | easily | pay for (dearly) | must |
| und | nimmer | mêr | geniezen | | and | never | more | benefit |
7641 | des | lât | iuch | vriunt | erdriezen | | (with this] | let | yourselves | friends | not bother |
| dâ | stuont | ouch | daz | dritte | bî | | _ | was | also | the | third | thereby |
| vrâget | ir | waz | daz | sî | | ask | you | what | that | is |
7644 | der | luft | in | sîner | ahte | | the | air | in | its | state |
| die | vogele | maneger | slahte | | _ | birds | of many | kinds |
| swebeten | dar | inne | | hovered | _ | in it |
7647 | geweben | mit | selhem | sinne | | woven | with | such | artistry |
| rehte | sam | si | lebeten | | just | as if | they | were alive |
| und | ûf | ze | himele | strebeten | | and | _ | to | (the) sky | soared (up) |
7650 | daz | viur | mit | sînen | trachen | | _ | fire | (along) with | its | dragons |
| und | mit | andern | sachen | | and | with | other | things |
| die | des | viures | müezen | leben | | which | (in) the | fire | must | live |
7653 | die | sach | man | ouch | dar | inne | sweben | | these | saw | one | also | _ | there in | hovering |
| diu | ende | ein | lîste | bevie | | the | edges | a | border | surrounded |
| diu | nider | zuo | der | erde | gie | | which | _ | the | the | earth | hung down |
7656 | diu | was | einer | hende | breit | | it | was | a | hand's | width |
| mit | edelem | gesteine | beleit | | with | precious | stones | set |
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