GUTRUNE
[Enters carrying a full drinking-horn, with which she approaches Siegfried.
Welcome, O guest,
To Gibich's house!
'Tis his daughter gives thee to drink.
SIEGFRIED
[Bows in a friendly manner and takes the horn, which he holds thoughtfully before him.
Were all forgot
Thou gavest to me,
One lesson
I will never forget;
So this first draught
With love undying,
Brünnhild', I drink to thee!
[He puts the drinking-horn to his lips and takes a long draught; then he hands it back to Gutrune, who, ashamed and confused, casts down her eyes. Siegfried gazes at her with sudden passion.
SIEGFRIED
O thou who dost scorch
And blind with thine eyes,
Why sink them abashed by my gaze?
[Gutrune, blushing, looks up at him.