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	Heia jaheia! Wallala la la la heia jahei! [With increaſing mirthful abandonment the maidens swim round the rock. The water is filled with a glimmering golden light.
Alberich Whose eyes,	What is it, sleek ones, That yonder gleams and shines
ſtrongly attracted by the radiance, ſlare fixedly at the gold.
The Three Rhine-Maidens	Where dost thou hail from, O churl, Of the Rhinegold not to have heard?
Wellgunde	Knows not the elf Of the famed eye golden That wakes and sleeps in turn?
Woglinde	Of the star resplendent Down in the depths Whose light illumines the waves?
The Three Rhine-Maidens Together.	See how gaily We glide in the glory! Wouldst thou also Be bathed in brightness, Come, float and frolic with us! Wallala la la leia lalei! Wallala la la leia jahei!
Alberich	Has the gold no value Apart from your games? It were not worth getting!
Woglinde	He would not scoff, Scorning the gold, Did he but know all its wonders!
Wellgunde	That man surely The earth would inherit

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