The leader of the Saxons
was well aware, I trow,
His brother was a captive—
and therefore grieved enow.
He knew too that the captor
was Siegelinda’s son;—
’Twas first set down to Gernot,
but soon the truth was known.
The leader of the Saxons
was well aware, I trow,
His brother was a captive—
and therefore grieved enow.
He knew too that the captor
was Siegelinda’s son;—
’Twas first set down to Gernot,
but soon the truth was known.