Whene'er the breezes earthward bore

The tinkling of the zone she wore,

He seemed a cloud of darkness hue

Sending forth murmurs as it flew.

As on her way the dame was sped

From her sweet neck fair flowers were shed,

The swift wind caught the flowery rain

And poured it o'er the fiend again.

The wind-stirred blossoms, sweet to smell,

On the dark brows of Rávaṇ fell,