Then to his sister Ortrun Hartmut freely spake

Then to his sister Ortrun Hartmut freely spake: “Wealth I will give you, sister, if kindly, for my sake, To me you will be helpful, and bring Gu-drun, fair lady, Soon to forget her sorrows; nor o’er her woes to brood be ever ready.”

Then spake the youthful Ortrun, the Norman maiden fair: “To help both her and her maidens shall ever be my care, Till they forget their sorrows: I bow my head before her, And I and mine will hold her even as our kin, and watchful love spread o’er her.”

Gu-drun now said to Ortrun: “My hearty thanks you win, That you, with kindly wishes, would see me sit as queen, By the side of Hartmut, while with pride I’m gladdened: For this my trust I give you, but homeless, none the less, my days are saddened.”