Iwein | Swer | an | rehte | güete | | who | to | true | goodness |
2 | wendet | sîn | gemüete | | turns | his | thoughts |
| dem | volget | sælde | und | êre | | that one | attains | good fortune | and | honor |
| des | gît | gewisse | lêre | | (for) this | provides | incontestable | evidence |
5 | künec | Artûs | der | guote | | King | Arthur | the | noble (one) |
| der | mit | rîters | muote | | who | with (a) | knightly | spirit |
| nâch | lobe | kunde | strîten | | for | glory | could | strive |
8 | er | hât | bî | sînen | zîten | | he | _ | in | his | time |
| gelebet | alsô | schône | | lived | so | well |
| daz | er | der | êren | krône | | that | he | _ | honor's | crown |
11 | dô | truoc | und | noch | sîn | name | treit | | then | bore | and | still | his | name | bears |
| des | habent | die | wârheit | | therefore | (speak) | the | truth |
| sîne | lantliute | | his | countrymen |
14 | sî | jehent | er | lebe | noch | hiute | | they | claim | he | is alive | still | today |
| er | hât | den | lop | erworben | | he | _ | (such) | glory | achieved |
| ist | im | der | lîp | erstorben | | (even if) has | (his) | _ | body | died |
17 | sô | lebet | doch | iemer | sîn | name | | so | lives (on) | however | ever more | his | name |
| er | ist | lasterlîcher | schame | | he | is | (from) shameful | disgrace |
| iemer | vil | gar | erwert | | always | most | completely | protected |
20 | der | noch | nâch | sînem | site | vert | | whoever | still | in | his | manner | lives |
| ein | rîter | der | gelêret | was | | a | knight | who | educated | was |
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