The tale for which the mourner prayed.

When hope was none, his heart to cheer,

That the bright stream his cry would hear

While sorrow for his darling tore

His longing soul he spake once more:

“Though I have sought with tears and sighs

Godárvarí no word replies,

O say, what answer can I frame

To Janak, father of my dame?

Or how before her mother stand