Not bound am I, | though in battle taken,

Thou hast found that free I live.”

Fafnir spake:

[a]9]. “In all I say | dost thou hatred see,

Yet truth alone do I tell;

The sounding gold, | the glow-red wealth,

And the rings thy bane shall be.”

Sigurth spake:

[a]10]. “Some one the hoard | shall ever hold,

Till the destined day shall come;