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- No more shall I kiss
- The mouth of my child.
- Among heaven’s hosts
- Numbered no longer,
- Outcast art thou
- From the kinship of Gods;
Our bond is broken in twain,
And from my sight henceforth thou now art banned.
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| The Valkyries
Leave their places
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- Woe’s me! Woe!
- Sister! O sister!
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in the excitement, and come a little farther down the rocks.
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| Brünnhilde
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- All that thou gavest
- Thou dost recall?
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| Wotan
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Conquering thee, one shall take all!
- For here on the rock
- Bound thou shalt be,
- Defenceless in sleep,
- Charmed and enchained;
The man who chances this way
And awakes her, shall master the maid.
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| The Valkyries
Come down from the height in great excitement, and in terrified groups surround Brünnhilde who lies half kneeling before Wotan.
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- O stay, Father!
- The sentence recall,
- Shall the maiden droop
- And be withered by man?
- O dread one, avert thou
- The crying disgrace:
For as sisters share we her shame.
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| Wotan
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- Have ye not heard
- Wotan’s decree?
- From out your band
Shall your traitorous sister be banished,
- No more to ride
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