My noble, only little one.

For, nursed in luxury and bliss,

His father he will mourn and miss,

And like a stream whose fount is dry

Will waste away and sink and die,—

My own dear child, my only boy,

His mother Tárá's hope and joy.

Spare him, O son of Raghu, spare

The child entrusted to thy care.

My Angad and Sugríva treat