In love and in faith doth commend him; his greeting I bear to thy land;
And good knights many he sendeth, his suitors for thine hand.
He maketh thee faithful proffer of love that shall banish pain;
All constancy of affection from his true heart shalt thou gain,
Even such as had Helka, who nearest lay to his heart of old—
The heart that remembers her goodness in lone grief manifold.”
Then spake unto him Queen Kriemhild: “Lord Margrave Rüdiger,
If of mine heart’s affliction any man were ware,
He would counsel me never to hearken if another man should woo,
Who have lost the best and the dearest that ever woman knew.”