Whose wings where'er he chose could fly,

Now pierce the earth, now roam the sky.

Then Ráma laughed to see her stirred

To anger by the plaguing bird:

Proud of his love the beauteous dame

With burning rage was all aflame.

Now here, now there, again, again

She chased the crow, but all in vain,

Enraging her, so quick to strike

With beak and wing and claw alike: