Of whomso I say, ‘Him kiss thou,’ such an one with a kiss do thou greet.
For all the knights of Etzel like welcoming were not meet.”
Then lifted they from her palfrey that stately Queen and fair;
And Etzel the King, the mighty, no longer tarried there,
But begirt with many a baron down from the selle he leapt,
And with eyes for gladness shining unto Lady Kriemhild stept.
As singeth the old-time minstrel, high-born princes twain
Followed the Lady Kriemhild, upbearing her garment’s train,
As strode the great King Etzel his Lady and Queen to meet,
And with gracious kiss of welcome that noble Prince did she greet.