Pleasant Barbarian Saga

I read the Niebelungenlied over Christmas vacation and particularly enjoyed lines such as these:

"With show of rider's talent the tilt was carried on,
For might the knights full gallant naught fitting leave undone,
As passed down to the River Kriemhild the lady bright.
Then helped was many a lady fair from charger to alight.

The king had then come over and many a stranger too.
Heigh-ho! What strong shafts splintered before the ladies flew!
Many a shaft go crashing heard you there on sheild.
Heigh-ho! What din of costly arms resounded o'er the field."

tr. George Henry Needler