Then the voice of Volker the dreadless like a trumpet-blast rang out,
As he cried to his lords the Princes: “How long are ye minded to stay
To be thronged and pressed thus tamely? Ye should to the King straightway,
And hear in his presence-chamber what is his mood unto you.”
Then the good knights and valiant set forward two by two.
For the champion of Bern, Lord Dietrich, in fellowship took by the hand
The mighty ruler Gunther, the King of Burgundia-land;
And with Gernot the valiant hero was Irnfried handed there;
And with Giselher to the palace went the noble Rüdiger.
But, howsoe’er companioned were the rest, to the hall as they hied,