In her and me its power has shown,

And all my hopes are overthrown.

What man, Sumitrá's darling, may

Contend with Fate's resistless sway,

Whose all-commanding power we find

Our former deeds alone can bind?

Our life and death, our joy and pain,

Anger and fear, and loss and gain,

Each thing that is, in every state,

All is the work of none but Fate.