And if one therewith had purchased all wealth that the world could hold,
“By not one mark is it minished!” whoso had seen it had said.
Not without cause that treasure was of Hagen coveted!
In its midst was the Wishing-rod lying, a little golden wand.
Whoso divined its virtue could stretch his sovereign hand
Over all the wide earth’s compass and all the folk therein.
Back to the Rhine with Gernot went many of Albrich’s kin.
(C) So then when the strong knight Gernot and the young prince Giselher
Had gotten the Hoard in possession, lords thereby they were
Of the Niblung land and its castles, and of many a noble knight: