No comfort in his woe could find,

Yet mourning for his stolen wife

Dearer to Ráma than his life,

Chief when he saw the Lord of Night

Rise slowly o'er the eastern height,

He tossed upon his leafy bed

With eyes by sleep unvisited.

Outwelled the tears in ceaseless flow,

And every sense was numbed by woe.

Each pang that pierced the mourner through