Though winds be rude and suns be hot:

The way, the danger, and the toil

Her gentle lustre may not soil.

Like the red lily's leafy crown

Or as the fair full moon looks down,

So the Videhan lady's face

Still shines with undiminished grace.

What if the borrowed colours throw

O'er her fine feet no rosy glow,

Still with their natural tints they spread