And pierced with woe his life resign.

Sprung from Videha's monarch, she

A sad and lovely devotee,

Roaming the wood, unmeet for woe,

Will toil and trouble undergo.

She in the gloomy night with fear

The cries of beast and bird will hear,

And trembling in her wild alarm

Will cling to Ráma's sheltering arm.

Ah, little knows my duteous son