The head still wet with dripping gore,

The arrows and the mighty bow,

Bent down before his master low.

“Vidyujjihva,” cried Rávaṇ, “place

The head before the lady's face,

And let her see with weeping eyes

That low in death her husband lies.”

Before the queen the giant laid

The beauteous head his art had made.

And Rávaṇ cried: “Thine eyes will know