SIEGFRIED
Courage or insolence,
What matter?
With my sword I will slay thee,
Wilt thou not teach me to fear.
FAFNER [Makes a laughing sound.
Drink I came for;
Now food I find too!
[He opens his jaws and shows his teeth.
SIEGFRIED
What a fine set of teeth
Thou showest me there!
Sweetly they smile
In thy dainty mouth!
'Twere well if I closed up thy gullet;
Thy jaws are gaping too wide!
FAFNER
They were not made
For idle talk,
But they will serve
To swallow thee.