“Whosoever slayeth the Niblungs doth it without mine aid.
What treasures tempt him soever, he taketh his death with the gold.
Never yet have they been vanquished, those warriors aweless-bold.”
(C) “This toucheth none save Hagen, who hath done foul wrong unto me:
Siegfried, my lord, my belovèd, he murdered treacherously.
Who severeth him from his fellows, my gold shall guerdon him well.
My spirit should inly sorrow, if hurt to the rest befell.”
(C) But the old lord Hildebrand answered: “Nay, how might such thing be
That one should slay him only? Surely thyself mayst see
That if any beset him, his fellows with him will live or die.