Answered and spake King Gunther: “Thy peace as now do thou hold.
Unto thee at a fitting season shall all the tale be told,
For what cause unto this Siegfried I have given my sister to wife.
A blessing on them! With the hero be hers a happy life!”
She answered: “I cease not to pity her fairness, her royal birth.
Of a truth would I flee hence, knew I a place of refuge on earth!
—Never, I tell thee, never will I couch me by thy side,
Or ever I know cause wherefore is Kriemhild Siegfried’s bride!”
Answered and spake King Gunther to her: “Unto thee be it known,
He hath in possession castles and lands as wide as mine own.