Brunhild withal my Lady and her maidens in bower and hall
Rejoice over this my message; and if haply it might befall
That they look once more on your faces, heart-uplifted they were.”
Then exceeding glad for the tidings was Kriemhild the loving and fair.
Now the Queen’s near kinsman was Gere, and the King bade seat him on high,
And pour them the wine of welcome; no more might they put it by.
Thither withal came Siegmund, and rejoiced their faces to see;
And the old king lovingly greeted the heralds of Burgundy:
“Welcome to us, ye liegemen of Gunther, knight and thane!
Behold, forasmuch as Siegfried my son to wife hath ta’en