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- The holy and high
- Immortals are worthless;
- And all that once
- Was esteemed is thrown over;
- The bonds thou didst bind
- By thyself now are broken;
- Heaven’s hold
- Is loosed with a laugh,
That this twin-born pair, unimpeded,
The fruit of thy lawless love,
May in wantonness flourish and rule!
- But why wail over
- Wedlock and vows,
Since by thee the first they are scorned!
- The faithful wife
- Betrayed at each turn,
- Lustfully longing
- Wander thy glances;
- Thine eyes scan
- Each hollow and height
As thy fickle fancy allures thee,
While grief is gnawing my heart.
- Heavy of soul
- I had to endure it,
- When to the fight
- With the graceless maidens
- Born out of wedlock,
- Forth thou hast fared;
For, thy wife still holding in awe,
- Thou didst give her as maids
- The Valkyrie band
- To obedience bound,
Even Brünnhilde, bride of thy Wish.
- But now that new names
- Afford thee new pleasure,
- And Wälse, wolfish, in
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