As the second Norn took the thread in her worn hands, she crooned a
sorrowful song about the present.
She sang of Alberich and the stolen gold. Of the love that he had given
up in order to make the ring.
She sang of Wotan and how he grasped the ring and carried it into the
world, bringing with it Alberich's curse.
Then she told of Fafner.