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	Apart our paths lie, Sundered for ever, And so long as life lasts I, the God, dare nevermore greet thee!
Brünnhilde Simply.	Unfit was the foolish Maid for thee, Who, dazed by thy counsel, Grasped not thy mind When, to her, one counsel Alone appeared plain— To love what was loved by thee. If I must forth Where I shall not find thee, If the fast-woven bond Must be loosed, And half thy being Far from thee banished— A half once thine and thine only, O God, forget not that!— Thy other self Thou wilt not dishonour, Dealing out shame That will shame thee too; Thine own honour were lowered, Were I a target for scorn!
Wotan	The lure of love Thou hast followed fain: Follow the man Who shall wield its might!
Brünnhilde	If I must go from Walhall, No more in thy work be a sharer, And if as my master A man I must serve, To braggart base

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