Iwein | wonte | güete | und | michel | tugent | | dwelt | goodness | and | much | virtue |
6497 | er | jach | daz | man | an | kinde | | he | thought | that | one | in (a) | young person |
| niemer | mêre | vinde | | never | more | would find |
| süezer | wort | noch | rehter | site | | sweeter | words | or | finer | manners |
6500 | sî | mohte | nâch | betwingen | mite | | she | could have | almost | swayed | thereby |
| eines | engels | gedanc | | (of) an | angel | (the) thoughts |
| daz | er | vil | lîhte | einen | wanc | | that | he | very | easily | a | turn |
6503 | durch | sî | von | himele | tæte | | for | her | from | heaven | would take |
| wand | sî | sîn | selbes | stæte | | for | she | (on) his | own | constancy |
| einen | selhen | minnen | slac | sluoc | | a | such | (of) love | blow | struck |
6506 | die | er | in | sînem | herzen | truoc | | which | he | in | his | heart | bore |
| möht | die | ûz | sînem | gemüete | | (if) could | it | from | his | thoughts |
| deheines | wîbes | güete | | any | woman's | goodness |
6509 | iemer | benomen | hân | | ever | taken | have |
| daz | hete | ouch | sî | benamen | getân | | this | had | also | she | surely | have done |
| und | het | er | sî | nie | gesehen | | and | (if) had | he | her | never | seen |
6512 | sô | wær | im | verre | baz | geschehen | | so | had | (for) him | far | better | (it) happened |
| wand | im | tete | daz | scheiden | wê | | for | him | caused | (their) | parting | sorrow |
| er- | -n | erkunte | sît | noch | ê | | he | _ | had known | since | nor | before |
6515 | âne | sîn | selbes | wîp | | apart from | his | own | wife |
| nie | süezer | rede | noch | schœnern | lîp | | never | sweeter | words | nor | (a) more lovely | form |
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