'If that maiden shall be thy sister,' quoth Feirefis Angevin, 'Who the crown on her loose locks weareth, then help me her love to win. 'Tis she that my heart desireth--What honour mine hand hath won With shield and spear in Tourney, for her sake hath it all been done, 410 And I would she might now reward me! The Tourney hath fashions five, And well known unto me is each one, nor against knightly rule I strive. Spear in rest 'gainst the foe have I ridden; I have smitten him from the side; His onslaught have I avoided; nor to fair joust have failed to ride In gallop, as should beseem me; I have followed the flying foe-- 415 Since the shield, it hath been my safeguard, such sorrow I ne'er may know As that which to-day besets me--I have fought with a fiery knight At Agremontein, I bare then a shield of Asbestos bright, And a surcoat of Salamander, else sure had I there been burned; And in sooth my life have I perilled, and my fame have I dearly earned. 420 Ah! would but thy sister send me to battle for love's reward, In strife would I do her bidding, and her fame and mine own would guard. And ever my heart fierce hatred to my god Jupiter shall bear, If he make not an end of my sorrow, and give me this maiden fair!' Of the twain, Frimutel was the father, and therefore Anfortas bore 425 E'en such face and such form as his sister--Then the heathen, he looked once more On the maiden and then on her brother--What they bare him of drink or meat No morsel he ate, yet he sat there as one who made feint to eat. Then to Parzival spake Anfortas, 'Sir King, it doth seem to me That thy brother, who sitteth by me, he faileth the Grail to see!' 430 And Feirefis spake that he saw naught, nor knew what It was 'the Grail'; And they hearkened his words, the Templars, and a marvel they deemed the tale. And Titurel needs must hear it, in his chamber the old king lay, And he quoth, 'If he be a heathen, then such thought shall he put away As that eyes unbaptized may win them the power to behold the Grail! 435 Such barriers are built around It, his sight to the task shall fail.'