"Nay, but hear me ere we go,

(As I love you, Wêland-Smith!)

Nay, but hear me ere we go

Hence to lay my godhead low

Since my lord will have it so.

Weigh the balance, lord, and know

That if we twain wedded show

All your streams of fate do flow

Henceforth from the tides of woe—

(Woe, O woe to Wêland-Smith!)