Thou must bear thy part in the wailing, for to thee doth the sorrow belong.”
Uprose then Siegmund, and questioned: “For what lamenteth she,
My daughter, Kriemhild the lovely, as now thou sayest to me?”
“Sore cause hath she for lamenting,” weeping the messenger said:
“Murdered is Siegfried the valiant, her lord and her love lieth dead!”
Answered and spake King Siegmund: “Jest me no jests! Have done
With a tale of such evil tidings concerning Siegfried my son!
Unto no man say thou hereafter that slain he is!—O nay,
For then could I never with wailing have done to my latest day!”
“Nay then, if thou wilt not believe me, if thou wilt not receive my tale,