Knights many from alien kingdoms: so freely bestowed her hand
That never such bounteous giving was seen in the olden days.
Unto all was she open-handed, and all men spoke her praise.
So freely thereof did she lavish on rich alike and on poor,
That Hagen spake unto Gunther: “Lo now, if this woman endure
In life but a little longer, she shall win to her fealty
So great an array of champions, that in evil case shall we be.”
Answered and spake King Gunther: “Her own is the treasure, I trow.
What have I to do to hinder? Let her hands as she will bestow.
Hardly I won her pardon for that first wrong that I wrought.