A tender woman sat and wept.

Her sobs, her sighs, her mournful mien,

Her glorious eyes, proclaimed the queen.

“This, this is she,” the Vánar cried,

“Fair as the moon and lotus-eyed,

I saw the giant Rávan bear

A captive through the fields of air.

Such was the beauty of the dame;

Her form, her lips, her eyes the same.

This peerless queen whom I behold