‘Fell-hearted thou,

and foe of peace!

I oaths have sworn

for ever lasting,

bonds of brotherhood

in blood mingled;

though Brynhild bid it,

I may break them not.’

Brynhild

43

Oaths

too I swore

for ever lasting –

light thou heldest them!

I am love-betrayed.

Sigurd thou sent me,

thy sworn brother.

My bed he entered,

by my body laid him,

betrayed thy trust,

betraying me.

44

To Gudrun he told it,

Gudrun knoweth.

In shame am I shrouded,

and shamed art thou!’

Gunnar came forth

grievous-hearted,

daylong he sat,

deeply brooding.

45

From mood to mood

his mind wandered,

from shame to shame

shorn of friendship.

Hogni called he

to hidden counsel,

his true brother,

whom he trusted well.

Gunnar

46

Evil

wrought Sigurd:

oaths he swore me,

oaths he swore me,

all belied them;

betrayed my trust,

whom I trusted most,

truth forswearing,

whom most true I deemed.’

Hogni

47

‘Brynhild beguiles thee

baleful-hearted,

woe devising

to woe stings thee;

loathing Gudrun,

her love grudging,

thy love loathing,

she lies to thee.’

Gunnar

48

‘Brynhild, Brynhild,

I better hold her

than all women,

than all treasure.

I will life sooner leave

than lose her now,

than live lonely

for laughter of men.

49

Let us slay Sigurd –

forsworn is he!

Let us lords be alone

of our lands again!

Let us slay Sigurd,

this sorrow ending,

and masters make us

of his mighty hoard!’

Hogni

50

‘Woe worth the words

by women spoken!

Lords unassailed

our league made us.

The might of Sigurd

we shall mourn later,

and the sister-sons

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