If thou slaughter these my kinsmen which here beside me stand,
Then with thine own good war-glaive I needs must take thy life.
Wherefore for thee I sorrow, and for thy noble wife.”
“May God vouchsafe it, Gernot, and may it so befall,
That in all things as thou desirest, so may it be, yea, in all,
And that thou and all thy kinsfolk in life may long endure!
In you should the trust of the widow and my fatherless child be sure.”
Spake Giselher, son of Uta, the Prince of Burgundy:
“How canst thou so, Lord Margrave? These which have come with me,
Unto thee are they all love-bounden. An ill deed dost thou essay!