Our Lanká with her gates and towers.

Let Janak's child again be free

Ere the wild Vánars cross the sea,

In their resistless might assail

Our city and her ramparts scale.

Ah, I conjure thee by the ties

Of brotherhood, be just and wise.

In all my thoughts thy good I seek,

And thus my prudent counsel speak.

Let captive Sítá be restored