Around thy limbs a purple lake:

Thus slumbering was thy wont to lie

On cushions bright with crimson dye.

Dark streams of welling blood besmear

Thy limbs where dust and mire adhere,

Nor have I strength, weighed down by woe,

Mine arms about thy form to throw.

The issue of this day has brought

Sugríva all his wishes sought,

For Ráma shot one shaft and he