BRÜNNHILDE [Stands for a long time dazed and alarmed.
Warfather
Oft have I seen
Enraged, but never once like this!
[She stoops down sadly, takes up her armour and puts it on again.
How heavy
My armour feels!
And it felt so light
When gladly I fought!
I fight afraid.
Evil is my cause!
[She gazes thoughtfully before her.
Woe! My Wälsung!
With sorrow sore
Must the faithful one falsely forsake thee!
[She turns slowly towards the back.
[On reaching the rocky pass, Brünnhilde, looking down into the gorge, perceives Siegmund and Sieglinde. She watches them for a moment, then turns into the cave where her horse is, so that she is completely hidden from the audience. Siegmund and Sieglinde appear on the pass, Sieglinde hurrying in front. Siegmund tries to stop her.
SIEGMUND
Wait here and rest;
Tarry a while!
SIEGLINDE
Farther! Farther!
SIEGMUND [Embraces her with tender force, straining
her to him.
No farther now!
O linger, woman most sweet!
From bliss when most blissful
Breaking away,
In headlong haste
Far thou hast fled,
So fleet that I lagged behind:
Through wood and field,
Over cliff and scaur,
Voiceless, silent,
Speeding along,
Thy foot stopped for no call.
[Sieglinde stares wildly before her.