Young, delicate, and soft, and fair,

Such toils as these untrained to bear,

Her wifely love the dame has led

The forest's troubled ways to tread.

Here, Ráma, see that naught annoy

Her easy hours of tranquil joy:

A glorious task has she assayed,

To follow thee through woodland shade.

Since first from Nature's hand she came,

A woman's mood is still the same,