By wifely love and duty led,

And heedless of a wanderer's woes,

A life in lonely forests chose.

This, this is she so fair of mould.

Whose limbs are bright as burnished gold.

Whose voice was ever soft and mild,

Who sweetly spoke and sweetly smiled.

O, what is Ráma's misery! how

He longs to see his darling now!

Pining for one of her fond looks