So that of force they accepted his gold and raiment at last,
And homeward they needs must bear them when to Etzel’s land they passed.
Fain were they to see Queen Uta, ere homeward they should fare;
Wherefore brought were the minstrels by the young prince Giselher
To the presence of his mother; and she charged them with this word:
“For the honour rendered my daughter mine heart is gladness-stirred.”
Then for the sake of Kriemhild and the love that to her she bare,
The old Queen gave commandment that gold and girdles fair
Be given to those two heralds, yea also for Etzel’s sake.
For the true heart of the giver those gifts they needs must take.