It had not lingered to lament.

Dead, dead! my husband, friend, and lord

In whom my loving hopes were stored,

First in the field, his foemen's dread,

My own victorious Báli, dead!

A woman when her lord has died,

Though children flourish by her side,

Though stores of gold her coffers fill,

Is called a lonely widow still.

Alas, thy bleeding gashes make