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Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods. The Ring of the Niblung, part 2
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GUNTHER [To Siegfried.
Heed not him and his spleen.
SIEGFRIED
[Puts on his shield again.
Up, then, and off!
Back to the boat!
Sail swift to the mountain!
[He steps nearer to Gunther and points at him.
By the bank one night
On board thou shalt tarry,
And then bring home the bride.
[He turns to go, and beckons Gunther to follow him.
GUNTHER
Wilt thou not rest awhile?
SIEGFRIED
I am eager to be back.
[He goes to the shore to unmoor the boat.
GUNTHER
Thou, Hagen, keep guard o'er the homestead.
[He follows Siegfried to the shore. Whilst Siegfried and Gunther, after laying their arms in the boat, are hoisting the sail and making ready for departure, Hagen takes up his spear and shield. Gutrune appears at the door of her chamber just as Siegfried is pushing off the boat, which immediately glides into the middle of the stream.
GUTRUNE
So swiftly whither haste they?
HAGEN
[While he seats himself comfortably with shield and spear in front of the hall.
To woo Brünnhild' for bride.
GUTRUNE
Siegfried?
Hagen
See how he hastes,
For wife seeking to win thee!
GUTRUNE
Siegfried—mine?
[She returns to her room greatly excited. Siegfried has seized an oar and rows the boat down-stream, so that it is soon lost to view.
HAGEN
[Sits motionless, his back against the door-post of the hall.
On guard here I sit
Watching the house,
Warding the hall from the foe:
Gibich's son
Is sped by the wind,
And sails away for a wife;
A hero bold
Of the helm has charge,
And danger braves for his sake;
His bride once loved
He brings to the Rhine;
With her he brings me—the ring.
O merry comrades,
Freeborn and honoured,
Gaily speed on in your pride!
Base though ye deem him,
The Niblung's son
Shall yet be your lord.
[A curtain which frames the front of the hall is drawn, and cuts the stage off from the audience.
The curtain is raised again. The rocky height as in the Prelude. Brünnhilde sits at the entrance to the cave in silent contemplation of Siegfried's ring. Moved by blissful memories, she covers the ring with kisses. Distant thunder is heard; she looks up and listens. She turns to the ring again. A flash of lightning. Again she listens, and looks into the distance, whence a dark thunder-cloud is approaching the rock.
BRÜNNHILDE
On my ear from afar
Falls an old sound familiar.
A horse comes flying
Swift through the air;
On the clouds it sweeps
In storm to the rock.
Who seeks the lonely one here?
WALTRAUTE'S voice [From the distance.
Brünnhilde, sister,
Wake if thou sleepest!
Heed not him and his spleen.
SIEGFRIED
[Puts on his shield again.
Up, then, and off!
Back to the boat!
Sail swift to the mountain!
[He steps nearer to Gunther and points at him.
By the bank one night
On board thou shalt tarry,
And then bring home the bride.
[He turns to go, and beckons Gunther to follow him.
GUNTHER
Wilt thou not rest awhile?
SIEGFRIED
I am eager to be back.
[He goes to the shore to unmoor the boat.
GUNTHER
Thou, Hagen, keep guard o'er the homestead.
[He follows Siegfried to the shore. Whilst Siegfried and Gunther, after laying their arms in the boat, are hoisting the sail and making ready for departure, Hagen takes up his spear and shield. Gutrune appears at the door of her chamber just as Siegfried is pushing off the boat, which immediately glides into the middle of the stream.
GUTRUNE
So swiftly whither haste they?
HAGEN
[While he seats himself comfortably with shield and spear in front of the hall.
To woo Brünnhild' for bride.
GUTRUNE
Siegfried?
Hagen
See how he hastes,
For wife seeking to win thee!
GUTRUNE
Siegfried—mine?
[She returns to her room greatly excited. Siegfried has seized an oar and rows the boat down-stream, so that it is soon lost to view.
HAGEN
[Sits motionless, his back against the door-post of the hall.
On guard here I sit
Watching the house,
Warding the hall from the foe:
Gibich's son
Is sped by the wind,
And sails away for a wife;
A hero bold
Of the helm has charge,
And danger braves for his sake;
His bride once loved
He brings to the Rhine;
With her he brings me—the ring.
O merry comrades,
Freeborn and honoured,
Gaily speed on in your pride!
Base though ye deem him,
The Niblung's son
Shall yet be your lord.
[A curtain which frames the front of the hall is drawn, and cuts the stage off from the audience.
The curtain is raised again. The rocky height as in the Prelude. Brünnhilde sits at the entrance to the cave in silent contemplation of Siegfried's ring. Moved by blissful memories, she covers the ring with kisses. Distant thunder is heard; she looks up and listens. She turns to the ring again. A flash of lightning. Again she listens, and looks into the distance, whence a dark thunder-cloud is approaching the rock.
BRÜNNHILDE
On my ear from afar
Falls an old sound familiar.
A horse comes flying
Swift through the air;
On the clouds it sweeps
In storm to the rock.
Who seeks the lonely one here?
WALTRAUTE'S voice [From the distance.
Brünnhilde, sister,
Wake if thou sleepest!
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