Then quickly hastening Ráma, pride

Of all who cherish virtue, tied

The rough bark mantle on her, o'er

The silken raiment that she wore.

Then the sad women when they saw

Ráma the choice bark round her draw,

Rained water from each tender eye,

And cried aloud with bitter cry:

“O, not on her, beloved, not

On Sítá falls thy mournful lot.