Nor unto me, in fondness, e’er his heart was turning;
Should we grow old together, I fear between us oft there’ll be heart-burning.”
[1628]
Her Gu-drun thus answered: “Give not a thought to that:
I soon will send to Hartmut, and bid him answer straight
Whether he now would like it if from his pledge I free him,
As well as all his followers, and send him home, that his friends again may see him.
[1629]
“If he his thanks shall tell me, I then in turn will bid
That he by deeds shall show it, and shall my wishes heed.