Of all these Herrat the princess had overcharge and control,
Daughter of Helka’s sister, a maiden pure of soul,
Betrothed unto Dietrich: daughter of a noble prince was she,
The child of the great king Nantwein, high-honoured in days to be.
Expectant of their coming her heart was filled with delight,
And with goodly preparation was the palace richly dight.
How blissfully there King Etzel abode what tongue may tell?
Under no queen ever the Hunfolk thereafter fared so well.
When the King with his wife came riding up from the river-bank,
As maid after maid was presented, named was each, and her rank,