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Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods. The Ring of the Niblung, part 2
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[Crowd together in violent indignation.
What! Siegfried a traitor?
Has he stained Gunther's honour?
GUNTHER [To Siegfried.
Disgraced were I
And sullied my name,
Were not the slander
Cast in her teeth!
GRUTUNE
Siegfried faithless?
False to his vow?
Ah, prove thou that worthless
Is her word!
THE VASSALS
Clear thyself straight;
If thou art wronged
Silence the slander;
Sworn be the oath!
SIEGFRIED
If I must swear,
The slander to still,
Which of you offers
His sword for the oath?
HAGEN
Swear the oath upon
The point of my spear;
Bad faith 'twill surely avenge.
[The vassals form a ring round Siegfried and Hagen. Hagen holds out the spear; Siegfried lays two fingers of his right hand upon the point.
SIEGFRIED
Shining steel!
Weapon most holy,
Witness my oath sworn for ever!
On this spear's sharp point
I solemnly swear;
Spear-point, mark thou my words!
If weapon must pierce me,
Thine be the point!
When by death I am stricken
Strike thou the blow,
If what she tells is true,
And I broke faith with my friend!
BRÜNNHILDE
[Strides furiously into the ring, tears Siegfried's hand from the spear, and grasps the point with her own.
Shining steel!
Weapon most holy,
Witness my oath sworn for ever!
On this spear's sharp point
I solemnly swear!
Spear-point, mark thou my words!
Devoted be thy might
To his undoing!
Be thy sharpness blessed by me,
That it may slay him!
For broken his oaths have been all,
And false is what he has sworn.
THE VASSALS
Help, Donner!
Roar with thy thunder
To silence this terrible shame!
SIEGFRIED
Gunther, look to this woman
Who falsely slanders thy name.
Let her rest awhile,
The untamed mountain maid,
That the unbridled rage some demon
In malice has
Against us roused
May have the chance to subside.
Ye vassals, go ye your ways;
Let the womenfolk scold.
Like cravens gladly we yield,
Comes it to fighting with tongues.
[He goes up to Gunther.
Thou art not so vexed as I
That I beguiled her ill;
The Tarnhelm must, I fear,
But half have hid my face.
What! Siegfried a traitor?
Has he stained Gunther's honour?
GUNTHER [To Siegfried.
Disgraced were I
And sullied my name,
Were not the slander
Cast in her teeth!
GRUTUNE
Siegfried faithless?
False to his vow?
Ah, prove thou that worthless
Is her word!
THE VASSALS
Clear thyself straight;
If thou art wronged
Silence the slander;
Sworn be the oath!
SIEGFRIED
If I must swear,
The slander to still,
Which of you offers
His sword for the oath?
HAGEN
Swear the oath upon
The point of my spear;
Bad faith 'twill surely avenge.
[The vassals form a ring round Siegfried and Hagen. Hagen holds out the spear; Siegfried lays two fingers of his right hand upon the point.
SIEGFRIED
Shining steel!
Weapon most holy,
Witness my oath sworn for ever!
On this spear's sharp point
I solemnly swear;
Spear-point, mark thou my words!
If weapon must pierce me,
Thine be the point!
When by death I am stricken
Strike thou the blow,
If what she tells is true,
And I broke faith with my friend!
BRÜNNHILDE
[Strides furiously into the ring, tears Siegfried's hand from the spear, and grasps the point with her own.
Shining steel!
Weapon most holy,
Witness my oath sworn for ever!
On this spear's sharp point
I solemnly swear!
Spear-point, mark thou my words!
Devoted be thy might
To his undoing!
Be thy sharpness blessed by me,
That it may slay him!
For broken his oaths have been all,
And false is what he has sworn.
THE VASSALS
Help, Donner!
Roar with thy thunder
To silence this terrible shame!
SIEGFRIED
Gunther, look to this woman
Who falsely slanders thy name.
Let her rest awhile,
The untamed mountain maid,
That the unbridled rage some demon
In malice has
Against us roused
May have the chance to subside.
Ye vassals, go ye your ways;
Let the womenfolk scold.
Like cravens gladly we yield,
Comes it to fighting with tongues.
[He goes up to Gunther.
Thou art not so vexed as I
That I beguiled her ill;
The Tarnhelm must, I fear,
But half have hid my face.
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