So she gave to her brother the promise, to abide with them in the land.
Now by this were the horses gathered for the men of Siegmund’s band;
And all to the land of the Niblungs were ready to ride away,
And laden upon the horses was the good knights’ war-array.
Then unto the bower of Kriemhild went grey-haired Siegmund the King,
And he spake to the Lady: “The warriors of Siegfried’s following
Stand waiting beside their horses. Forth and away let us ride.
The hours unto me are bitter while with Burgundy’s folk I abide.”
But the Lady Kriemhild made answer: “My kinsmen have wrought on my will,
Even my nearest and dearest, here to abide with them still.