Kristrun Monologue from Hadda Pada

From Hadda Pada by Guðmundur Kamban

female · anguished · 1:11 min

Do you think I would ever have let you suspect that I cared for you, if I did not know that you had stopped loving Hrafnhild. I began to care for you a long time ago, Ingolf. When I saw how happy Hrafnhild was, it seemed to dawn upon me how splendid you are. Every one envied her. You can imagine how I tried to crush my love. But it grew stronger each day,--it grew like a thorn into my heart. Yet, that did not matter. As long as I knew you loved Hrafnhild, I felt a greater obligation to my sister than to my love. But not any longer. Even were I to sacrifice all now, what would she gain, since you don't care for her? (INGOLF: I'll try to break off our engagement as gently as possible.) You promised to do it, before the sun sets to-night.

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