When in the land of Hartmut she is queen and lady,
A thousand lordly castles to own her sway will there be glad and ready.”
[1626]
Then to the high-born Hildeburg Gu-drun the fair thus spake,
With words unheard by others: “Care for your weal I’ll take;
If I may well reward you, my friend and playmate dearest,
For all the love you’ve shown me, soon in the Norman land a crown thou wearest.”
[1627]
To her then said fair Hildeburg: “For me it were not well
To give my troth to any who ne’er his love did tell,