Thus joy alike and sorrow came to Arthur's host that day, And mingled, the life of the heroes, since the twain they must have their way. 830 Upstood they all as one man, and all with one voice they wept, And the bravest knights among them within the circle stept, And they looked on Gawain and the Waleis where each by the other stood, And they wove them fair words of comfort to pleasure the heroes good. But Klamidé the king bethought him that the loss which should be his share 835 Was greater than that of another, and too sharp was his pain to bear, And to Parzival he quoth thus, 'If the Grail thee for lord must own, Yet still would I mourn my sorrow, and of true heart my woe make known. For the kingdom of Tribalibot, and Kaucasus' golden strand, Whatsoe'er shall be writ of riches in Christian or paynim land, 840 Yea, even the Grail and its glory, they had failèd the hurt to cure Which at Pelrapär was my portion, or the grief that I here endure! Ah me! Of all men most wretched am I since thy valiant hand Of joy and of blessing robbed me!--See the princess of fair Lalande, Know thou that this noble lady she keepeth such faith with thee, 845 That no service else she craveth, and none other knight will she; Yet well might she crown his service who served her for love alone! And that I am so long her captive, methinks may she well bemoan. If my joy thou to life wouldst quicken, then give me thine aid, I pray, And teach her herself to honour in such wise that her love repay 850 In a measure the ill thou didst me, and that which thro' thee I lost, When the goal of my joy fled from me and my pathway by thee was crossed, But for thee, I, methinks, had reached it, and if thou art foeman true Thou wilt help me with this fair maiden, and my gladness shall wax anew!'