- Alberich: I was too weak to fight the dragon, whom Siegfried finally killed, but I bred you, Hagen, for implacable hatred, to avenge me and get the ring, despite Wotan and his mighty brood of Wälsung children. Swear you will, Hagen, my son!
- Hagen: I shall have the ring; be patient.
- Alberich: Do you swear it to me, Hagen, my son?
- Hagen: I swear it to myself. Calm your anxiety.
- Alberich: Be faithful, Hagen, my son. My trusty hero! Be faithful. Be faithful, faithful.