And so soon as his troth was spoken, and her troth unto his had replied,
Swiftly in arms enfolding he drew unto him his bride.
There in the arms of Siegfried that tender maiden lay,
And he kissed the noble princess in the midst of that knightly array.
As parted the throngs asunder, and the banquet’s order was seen,
Lo, in the place of honour, facing the King and the Queen,
Was Siegfried by Kriemhild seated, with service of many a knight;
And there were the Niblung warriors beside him to left and to right.
Beside the King at the banquet sat Brunhild the maiden Queen:
Then Kriemhild she saw—no dagger to her heart had stabbed more keen—