A messenger ran swiftly
and found them where they lay—
Siegfried’s own band of heroes
from Niblung land were they.
He told the grievous tidings,
and joy fled at his word;
Yet would they not believe it
till they the wailing heard.
A messenger ran swiftly
and found them where they lay—
Siegfried’s own band of heroes
from Niblung land were they.
He told the grievous tidings,
and joy fled at his word;
Yet would they not believe it
till they the wailing heard.