Yet from her father’s kingdom she begged him now to hasten,
For in the land of Hettel was his life at risk, and this would never lessen.
[626]
She looked on him so kindly that now her heart was warned
That he should stay no longer, for here his suit was spurned.
Friendly was she to Hartmut, who her love so wanted,
But his hopes she little heeded, and while he wooed, not much to him she granted.
[627]
At last her well-bred lover from Hettel’s land must go;
He bore upon his shoulders a heavy load of woe: