His followers and kinsmen,
seeing that he would wed,
Did counsel that the maiden
he to the altar led
Should be by birth his equal—
for his, and for their sake:
“Then,” cried the gallant Siegfried,
“Kriemhilda will I take!
His followers and kinsmen,
seeing that he would wed,
Did counsel that the maiden
he to the altar led
Should be by birth his equal—
for his, and for their sake:
“Then,” cried the gallant Siegfried,
“Kriemhilda will I take!