So they gave command to the good knights from tourney-sport to refrain,
For that now for the peace of the night-tide the King and his bride were fain.
And before the great hall-stairway face to face they met,
Kriemhild and Brunhild—nothing had sundered their love as yet.
Followed the train of the handmaids; they lingered there no more
As on to the bridal-chamber the torches led before.
Now came the Kings, and parted the knights of either’s train.
Then followed after Siegfried full many a noble thane.
Now over the bridal threshold are King and Hero gone,
And the heart of either was leaping at the thought of a winsome one,