Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods. The Ring of the Niblung, part 2

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Рихард Вагнер

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2018

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MIME

Accursèd brother,
That thou shouldst come!
What brings thee here?

ALBERICH

Rogue, has my gold
Provoked thy greed?
Dost covet my goods?

MIME

Get thee gone quickly!
This corner is mine;
What huntest thou here?

ALBERICH

Have I disturbed thee,
Thief, at thy work,
Secret and sly?

MIME

What I have slaved
And toiled to win
Shall not escape me.

ALBERICH

Who was it robbed
The Rhine of gold for the ring?
And whose cunning wrought
The spell of magical might?

MIME

Who made the Tarnhelm,
Changing its wearer's form?
Though thou didst want it,
Was it designed by thee?

ALBERICH

And what of thyself
Couldst aright have fashioned, thou bungler?
The magic ring
Forced thee to master thy craft.

MIME

And where is the ring?
'Twas reft from thy clutch by the giants.
What thou hast lost
I will gain and keep by my guile.

ALBERICH

What the boy has won
Would the niggard deny him?
'Tis not thine; the hero
Who won it is now its lord.

MIME

I brought him up;
For my pains now he shall pay;
For its reward
My trouble has waited too long.

ALBERICH

Just for rearing him,
The old niggardly,
Beggarly knave,
Bold as brass,
A king now would become?
The ring would befit
Better a dog
Than bumpkin like thee.
Never to thee
The magical ring shall fall!

MIME [Scratches his head.

Well, keep it, then,
And guard with care
The gleaming gold;
Be thou lord,
But treat me as a brother;
Give me against it
Tarnhelm for toy,
Fairly exchanged;
Divided thus,
There will be booty for both.

[He rubs his hands confidingly.