She was heart-overclouded with anguish, and darkly did she brood;
And for this full penalty lighted on warriors brave and good.
In front of the gate of the minster with her maids did Brunhild stay;
And she said to her heart: “Now Kriemhild unto me shall the whole truth say
Of those loud-throated railings, who hath whetted her tongue like a sword.
If Siegfried thus hath vaunted, his life shall pay for the word!”
Now Kriemhild with bold knights many came forth of the holy place;
And sharply spake Queen Brunhild: “Abide thou there for a space!
Thou hast chosen to call me leman: the proof thereof will I see.
Thy word, know thou, is an evil and a loathly word to me.”