[Swimming slower.
The sun
Sends hither rays of glory;
In the depths is darkness.
Once there was light,
When clear and fair
Our father's gold shone on the billows.
Rhinegold!
Gleaming gold!
How bright was once thy radiance,
Lovely star of the waters!
[They sing and again start swimming and circling about. They pause and listen, then merrily splash the waters.
O sun,
The hero quickly send us
Who again our gold shall give us!
If it were ours,
We should no longer
Envy thine eye for its splendour.
Rhinegold!
Gleaming gold!
How glad was thy radiance,
Glorious star of the waters!
[A horn is heard.
WOGLINDE
Hark! That is his horn!
WELLGUNDE
The hero comes.