She said: “Gu-drun they call me, of Hagen’s blood I own me;
Altho’ my birth was lofty, of late but little love has here been shown me.”
[1487]
He said: “If you, fair lady, my dear Gu-drun can be,
Then faithfully to help you gladness will give to me;
For I, in truth, am Herwic; you for my own I have chosen,
And fain am I to show you how you from bonds of sorrow I can loosen.”
[1488]
She said: “If you would help me, my good and worthy knight,
I trust that you will grant me that what I ask is right: