No sight so heart-rejoicing could now have appeared unto me.”
“O noble Gotlind,” said Kriemhild, “God guerdon thee for this!
If I with the son of Botlung see days of weal and bliss,
Well may it be for thee truly that I have been seen of thee.”
—Ah, neither of these foreboded the things that were yet to be!
Then met with courteous greeting the maidens of either land,
And around them tendering service did many a good knight stand;
And they sat down after the greeting on earth’s clover-mantled floor.
So were they made acquainted which were strangers theretofore,
As they poured the wine for the ladies. By this the sun was high,