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I cannot choose it or change!
- But now I must forth,
- Fare from thee far;
Too long I stay by thy side.
- I must turn from thee,
- As thou didst from me;
- I must not even
- Know thy desire;
- Thy doom alone
I must see fulfilled!
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| Brünnhilde
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- And what is the doom
- That I must suffer?
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| Wotan
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- In slumber fast
- Thou shalt be locked;
Wife thou shalt be to the man
Who finds and wakes thee from sleep|
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| Brünnhilde
Falls on her knees.
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- If fettering sleep
- Fast must bind me,
- An easy prey
- To the basest coward,
This one thing that in deep anguish
I plead for thou must accord!
- O shield thou the sleeper
- With soul-daunting terrors,
[Firmly.
- That by a dauntless
- Hero alone
- Here on the rock
- I may be found!
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| Wotan
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- Too much thou askest—
- Too big a boon!
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| Brünnhilde
Clasping his knees.
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- This one thing
- Grant me, O grant me!
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