| Siegmund
Bends tenderly over Sieglinde, kiſses her softly on the brow, and turns again quietly to Brünnhilde.
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- Then greet for me Walhall,
- Greet for me Wotan,
- Greet for me Wälse
- And all the heroes,
- Wishmaidens lovely
- Greet thou also,
And tell them I will not come!
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| Brünnhilde
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- Nay, having looked
- On the Valkyrie’s face,
Thou must follow her forth!
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| Siegmund
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- Where Sieglinde dwells
- In weal or woe,
There will Siegmund dwell also;
- My face grew not pale
- When I beheld thee:
Thou canst not force me to go!
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| Brünnhilde
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- Force thee can none
- While thou dost live;
Fool, what will force thee is death;
- Warning of death
- Is what I bring.
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| Siegmund
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- What hero to-day
- Shall hew me down ?
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| Brünnhilde
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Hunding’s hand in the fight.
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| Siegmund
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- Use threats more baleful
- Than blows from Hunding!
- Lurkest thou here
- Longing for strife,
Fix on him for thy prey.
I think it is he who will fall!
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| Brünnhilde
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- Nay, Wälsung,
- Doubt not my word;
Thine is the death decreed.
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