Are bright, involved in misty haze,

As when upon the mirror's sheen

The breath's obscuring cloud is seen.

E'en at the full the faint beams fail

To struggle through the darksome veil:

Changed like her hue, they want the grace

That parts not yet from Sítá's face.

Cold is the western wind, but how

Its piercing chill is heightened now,

Blowing at early morning twice