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Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods. The Ring of the Niblung, part 2
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So hard and keen
That it slew the daunting foe?
SIEGFRIED
I forged it myself
When the smith was beaten;
Swordless else I should have been still.
WANDERER
But who made
The mighty splinters
From which the sword was welded strong?
SIEGFRIED
What know I of that?
I only know
That the splintered steel was useless
Were not the sword forged anew.
WANDERER
[Bursts out laughing with gleeful good-humour.
I fully agree.
SIEGFRIED [Surprised.
At what dost thou laugh?
Prying greybeard!
Prithee have done;
Keep me no longer here talking.
Speak if thou knowest
Whither my way lies;
And hold thy tongue
Unless thou canst tell.
WANDERER
Good boy, have patience!
If I seem old,
More need to show me due honour.
SIEGFRIED
What an odd notion!
My whole life long
A hateful old man
Has blocked my pathway;
Him I at last swept aside.
Standest thou longer
Trying here to stay me,
I warn thee frankly
[With a significant gesture.
That thou like Mime shalt fare.
[He goes still nearer to the Wanderer.
But what art thou like?
Why wearest thou
Such a monstrous hat,
And why hangs it so over thy face?
WANDERER [Still without altering his position.
That is the way I wear it
When against the wind I go.
SIEGFRIED [Inspecting him still more closely.
But an eye beneath it is wanting.
Perchance by some one
Whose way thou didst
Too boldly bar
It has been struck out.
Take thyself off,
Or else very soon
The other thou shalt lose also!
WANDERER
I see, my son,
Where thou art blind,
And hence thy jaunty assurance.
With the eye that is
Amissing in me
Thou lookest now on the other
That still is left me for sight.
SIEGFRIED
[Who has been listening thoughtfully, now bursts involuntarily into hearty laughter.
Thy foolish talk sets me laughing!
But come, this nonsense must finish.
At once show me my way;
That it slew the daunting foe?
SIEGFRIED
I forged it myself
When the smith was beaten;
Swordless else I should have been still.
WANDERER
But who made
The mighty splinters
From which the sword was welded strong?
SIEGFRIED
What know I of that?
I only know
That the splintered steel was useless
Were not the sword forged anew.
WANDERER
[Bursts out laughing with gleeful good-humour.
I fully agree.
SIEGFRIED [Surprised.
At what dost thou laugh?
Prying greybeard!
Prithee have done;
Keep me no longer here talking.
Speak if thou knowest
Whither my way lies;
And hold thy tongue
Unless thou canst tell.
WANDERER
Good boy, have patience!
If I seem old,
More need to show me due honour.
SIEGFRIED
What an odd notion!
My whole life long
A hateful old man
Has blocked my pathway;
Him I at last swept aside.
Standest thou longer
Trying here to stay me,
I warn thee frankly
[With a significant gesture.
That thou like Mime shalt fare.
[He goes still nearer to the Wanderer.
But what art thou like?
Why wearest thou
Such a monstrous hat,
And why hangs it so over thy face?
WANDERER [Still without altering his position.
That is the way I wear it
When against the wind I go.
SIEGFRIED [Inspecting him still more closely.
But an eye beneath it is wanting.
Perchance by some one
Whose way thou didst
Too boldly bar
It has been struck out.
Take thyself off,
Or else very soon
The other thou shalt lose also!
WANDERER
I see, my son,
Where thou art blind,
And hence thy jaunty assurance.
With the eye that is
Amissing in me
Thou lookest now on the other
That still is left me for sight.
SIEGFRIED
[Who has been listening thoughtfully, now bursts involuntarily into hearty laughter.
Thy foolish talk sets me laughing!
But come, this nonsense must finish.
At once show me my way;
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