11. Then Guthrun spake, | the daughter of Gjuki:
"Much thou speakest | in evil speech;
Accursed be Gunnar, | Sigurth's killer,
Vengeance shall come | for his cruel heart."
12. Early came evening, | and ale was drunk,
And among them long | and loud they talked.;
They slumbered all | when their beds they sought,
But Gunnar alone | was long awake.
13. His feet were tossing, | he talked to himself,
And the slayer of hosts | began to heed
What the twain from the tree | had told him then,
The raven and eagle, | as home they rode.
14. Brynhild awoke, | the daughter of Buthli,
The warrior's daughter, | ere dawn of day:
"Love me or hate me, | the harm is done,
And my grief cries out, | or else I die."
15. Silent were all | who heard her speak,
And nought of the heart | of the queen they knew,
Who wept such tears | the thing to tell
That laughing once | of the men she had won.
[12. The manuscript marks line 4 as the beginning of a new stanza, and a few editions combine it with stanza 13.
13. Slayer of hosts: warrior (Gunnar). Raven and eagle: cf. note on stanza 5.]
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11. Einn því Högni andsvör veitti:
"Sundr höfum Sigurð sverði höggvinn;
gnapir æ grár jór yfir gram dauðum."
12. Þá kvað þat Brynhildr Buðla dóttir:
"Vel skuluð njóta vápna ok landa;
einn mundi Sigurðr öllu ráða,
ef hann lengr litlu lífi heldi.
13. Væri-a þat sæmt, at hann svá réði
Gjúka arfi ok Gota mengi,
er hann fimm sonu at folkræði,
gunnarfúsa, getna hafði."
14. Hló þá Brynhildr
- bær allr dunði -
einu sinni af öllum hug:
"Lengi skuluð njóta landa ok þegna,
er þér fræknan gram falla létuð."
15. Þá kvað þat Guðrún Gjúka dóttir:
"Mjök mælir þú miklar firnar;
gramir hafi Gunnar, götvað Sigurðar;
heiftgjarns hugar hefnt skal verða."
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