Spurred gallantly forth to the meeting: brave horsemanship they showed,
Those charging ranks of heroes of many a fair maid seen!
In sooth was the good knights’ service well-pleasing to the Queen.
When clashed Lord Rüdiger’s vassals with the guests in the mimic war,
Many a splintered lance-shaft went upward soaring far
From the hands of the gallant heroes as they tilted in knightly wise;
And ladies’ smiles were their guerdon, and the light in ladies’ eyes.
Now stayed is the tide of combat, and the laughing warriors greet
Right courteously the strangers; and forward riding, to meet
The Queen, the glorious Kriemhild, doth the Lady Gotlind go.