“’Tis well for me,” said Ortrun, “that I have lived till now,

When as the wife of Hartmut you here yourself will show.

To one who loves my brother gladly will I give her

The crown of my mother, Gerlind, that I of right should wear did I outlive her.”

[1311]

“Ortrun, may God reward you,” thus the maiden spake;

“Whatever you shall bid me, that will I do for your sake.

You have bewept so often the sorrows I was bearing,

From you will I ne’er be sundered, and every day shall you my love be sharing.”

[1312]