Erec | diu | schœniste | dâ | wære | | the | most beautiful | there | was |
1760 | daz | er | die | kuste | an | ir | munt | | that | he | her | kissed | on | her | lips |
| des | hâte | er | unz | an | die | stunt | | this | had | he | until | at | (this) | time |
| durch | die | künegîn | erbiten | | for sake of | the | queen | delayed |
1763 | nû | en- | -wart | niht | dâ | wider | gestriten | | now | _ | was | nothing | _ | there | to dispute |
| si | en- | -wære | diu | schœniste | dâ | | (that) she | not | were | the | most beautiful | there |
| und | über | die | werlt | ouch | anderswâ | | and | across | the | world | also | anywhere else |
1766 | wan | ich | sage | iu | rehte | wie | | for | I | shall tell | you | exactly | how |
| ir | schœne | vür | die | andern | gie | | her | beauty | _ | the | others | surpassed |
| als | ob | an | einer | vinstern | naht | | (just)as | if | on | a | dark | night |
1769 | die | sterne | wæren | unbedaht | | the | stars | were | uncovered |
| daz | man | si | möhte | wol | gesehen | | (so) that | one | them | could | clearly | see |
| sô | müeste | man | von | schulden | jehen | | so | must | one | with | justifcation | say |
1772 | si | wæren | wol | genæme | | they | were | very | delightful |
| ob | in | schœners | niht | kæme | | as long as | (before) them | more beautiful | nothing | came |
| und | sô | den | mânen | sîn | zît | | and | when | the | moon | (in) its | time |
1775 | in | der | naht | her | vür | gît | | in | the | night | here | _ | proceeds |
| sô | hât | man | die | wolgetânen | | so | holds | one | the | lovely (stars) |
| ze | nihte | bî | dem | mânen | | as | nothing | in comparison to | the | moon |
1778 | si | dûhten | lobebære | | they | would seem | praiseworthy |
| ob | der | mâne | niene | wære | | if | the | moon | never | were (present) |
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