Canto XXX. Sárdúla's Speech.

They told their lord that Ráma still

Lay waiting by Suvela's hill.

The tyrant, flushed with angry glow,

Heard of the coming of the foe,

And thus with close inquiry pressed

Śárdúla spokesman for the rest:

“Why art thou sad, night-rover? speak:

Has grief or terror changed thy cheek?

Have the wild Vánars' hostile bands