And when I see my Ráma near

I feel my youth again renewed.

There might be life without the sun,

Yea, e'en if Indra sent no rain,

But, were my Ráma banished, none

Would, so I think, alive remain.

A foe that longs my life to take,

I brought thee here my death to be,

Caressed thee long, a venomed snake,

And through my folly die. Ah me!