Men saw but the arm of Gunther, the speeder thereof saw none.
Mighty of limb was Siegfried, valiant and tall was he;
Farther than Brunhild he hurled it, he leapt yet farther than she;
And he added thereto a marvel, a deed of magic might,
That he bore in his leap King Gunther, by the power of the Hood of Night.
Lo, now is the great leap taken; behind on the earth lay the stone.
Gunther it was, the war-thane, whom men saw there alone.
Then the face of Brunhild the lovely with helpless anger burned.
—Lo, Siegfried from King Gunther the imminent death hath turned!
Then unto the host of her vassals Queen Brunhild looked, and she cried,