I threw to earth my shafts and bow.

My heart was full of grief and dread

As swiftly to the place I sped,

Where, by my arrow wounded sore,

A hermit lay on Sarjú's shore.

His matted hair was all unbound,

His pitcher empty on the ground,

And by the fatal arrow pained,

He lay with dust and gore distained.

I stood confounded and amazed: