Erec| | diu | beleip | dar | ûfe | gar | | who | remained | _ | (up) there | all |
| 8674 | wan | den | was | sô | leide | geschehen | | for | (to) them | had | so (much) | suffering | happened |
| | daz | si | des | niht | wolden | sehen | | that | they | (of) this | nothing | wanted | to see |
| | daz | si | beswârte | mêre | | which | them | would trouble | further |
| 8677 | von | al | ir | herzesêre | | of | all | their | heart-felt misery |
| | was | doch | diz | ir | meistiu | nôt | | was | yet | this | their | greatest | sorrow |
| | daz | ir | niht | ruochte | der | tôt | | that | them | not | did deign (to take) | _ | death |
| 8680 | nû | wâren | die | gazzen | in | der | stat | | now | were | the | streets | in | the | town |
| | und | diu | dach | gar | besat | | and | the | rooftops | completely | crowded |
| | von | den | liuten | die | des | biten | | with | the | people | who | (for) this | waited |
| 8683 | wenne | er | kæme | geriten | | when | he | came | riding (by) |
| | enmitten | reit | Êrec | | meanwhile | rode | Erec |
| | nider | jenen | burcwec | | down | the | castle road |
| 8686 | der | in | z- | -em | boumgarten | truoc | | which | him | to | the | park | led |
| | nû | hôrte | er | untrôstes | genuoc | | now | heard | he | (of) discouragement | plenty |
| | und | ir | stille | liezen | | and | their | private | murmurings |
| 8689 | die | liute | im | niht | gehiezen | | the | people | (for) him | nothing | predicted |
| | baz | oder | dehein | senfter | nôt | | better | or | no | pleasanter | plight |
| | wan | daz | im | gewis | wære | der | tôt | | other than | that | (for) him | certain | was | _ | death |
| 8692 | des | begunden | si | sô | vil | gesagen | | (about) this | _ | they | so | much | said |
| | und | wolde | er | immer | verzagen | | and (if) | were | he | ever | to become a coward |
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