To the end that his sister may greet thee for especial honour to thee.”
How thrilled the soul of Siegfried to hear that gracious word!
Passed as a dream his heart-ache, his spirit with rapture was stirred
That on Uta’s lovely daughter he should look with unhindered eyes:
And she, she received Prince Siegfried in courtly-winsome wise.
When she saw him stand before her, that hero-hearted lord,
Her cheeks were aflame with the love-light, her sweet lips spake the word:
“Welcome to thee, Lord Siegfried, to a good and noble knight!”
Then the wings of his soul at her greeting soared to the heaven’s height
Love-lowly he bent before her: she laid her hand in his;