For that he is my liege-lord:—Siegfried could well have foregone such grace!
He is the King of Rhineland—what need I say of him more?
All for thy love have we voyaged far overseas to thy shore.
Fixed is his heart to woo thee, whatsoever thereof betide.
While yet there is time, bethink thee:—my lord turns never aside.
He hath to name King Gunther; wide is his royal domain.
For thy love he comes hitherward wooing; nought else he desireth to gain.
Forasmuch as he hath commanded, on this journey have I too come.
If so be he were not my liege-lord, sooth, I had forborne therefrom.”
She answered: “If thou be his vassal, and he thy suzerain,