All that our eyes there greeted, when we to come near Hartmut’s walls were daring.”
[1338]
The word was told to others, and soon a mighty band
Of warriors brave and knightly around the two did stand.
Then to them said Ortwin: “Sad is the news I give you,
And, were my wishes granted, gladly I’d spare the tale, for much ’twill grieve you.
[1339]
“List to what has happened, for wonders now begin;
Gu-drun, my long-lost sister, I, in truth, have seen,
And with her also Hildeburg, erst in Ireland living.”