Who spoke of Sítá's name to thee?

Who is the wretch whose thought would bring

Destruction on the giants' king?

Whose is the evil counsel, say,

That bids thee bear his wife away,

And careless of thy life provoke

Earth's loftiest with threatening stroke?

A foe is he who dared suggest

This hopeless folly to thy breast,

Whose ill advice would bid thee draw