When Dietrich thus had hearken’d
to savage Hagen’s mood,
Quickly his shield uplifted
that gallant thane and good.
How swiftly Hagen toward him
down from the stairway sprang!
The goodly sword of Niblung
loudly on Dietrich rang.
When Dietrich thus had hearken’d
to savage Hagen’s mood,
Quickly his shield uplifted
that gallant thane and good.
How swiftly Hagen toward him
down from the stairway sprang!
The goodly sword of Niblung
loudly on Dietrich rang.