Long, shrill was Atikáya's wail;

And Triśirás in sorrow bowed

His triple head, and wept aloud.

Mahodar, Mahápárśva shed

Hot tears and mourned their brother dead.

At length, his wandering sense restored,

In loud lament cried Lanká's lord:

“Ah chief, for might and valour famed,

Whose arm the haughty foeman tamed,

Forsaking me, thy friends and all,