And round with anxious glances sought,

Scattered before them in the way,

Blooms of a fallen garland lay.

When Ráma saw that flowery rain

He spoke once more with bitterest pain:

“O Lakshmaṇ every flower that lies

Here on the ground I recognize.

I culled them in the grove, and there

My darling twined them in her hair.

The sun, the earth, the genial breeze