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The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. The Ring of the Niblung, part 1
WOTAN
The lure of loveThou hast followed fain:Follow the manWho shall wield its might!BRÜNNHILDE
If I must go from Walhall,No more in thy work be a sharer,And if as my masterA man I must serve,I braggart baseAbandon me not!Not all unworthyBe he who wins!WOTAN
With Wotan no part hast thou—He cannot fashion thy fate.BRÜNNHILDE
By thee has been founded a raceToo glorious to bring forth a cowardOne day must a matchless heroFrom Wälsung lineage spring.WOTAN
Name not the Wälsungs to me!Renouncing thee,Them too I renounced;Through envy they came to naught.BRÜNNHILDE
She who turned from theeRescued the race;[With an air of secrecy.
Sieglinde bearsFruit holy and high;In pain and woeBeyond woe known to womanShe will bring forthWhat in fear she hides!WOTAN
No shelter for herSeek at my hand,Nor for fruit that she may bear.BRÜNNHILDE
The sword she has keptThat thou gavest Siegmund.WOTAN [Violently.
And that I splintered with my spear.Strive not, O maid,My spirit to trouble!Await thou the lotCast and decreed;I cannot choose it or change!But now I must forth,Fare from thee far;Too long I stay by thy side.I must turn from thee,As thou didst from me;I must not evenKnow thy desire;Thy doom aloneI must see fulfilled!BRÜNNHILDE
And what is the doomThat I must suffer?WOTAN
In slumber fastThou shalt be locked;Wife thou shalt be to the manWho finds and wakes thee from sleep!BRÜNNHILDE [Falls on her knees.
If fettering sleepFast must bind me,An easy preyTo the basest coward,This one thing that in deep anguishI plead for thou must accord!O shield thou the sleeperWith soul-daunting terrors,[Firmly.
That by a dauntlessHero aloneHere on the rockI may be found!WOTAN
Too much thou askest—Too big a boon!WOTAN.
"Appear, flickering fire,
Encircle the rock with thy flame!
Loge! Loge! Appear!"
BRÜNNHILDE [Clasping his knees.
This one thingGrant me, O grant me!The child that is claspingThy knees crush dead;Tread down thy dear oneAnd shatter the maid;Let her body perish,Pierced by thy spear,But, cruel one, expose her notTo this crying shame
The sleep of Brünnhilde