Whom last she rocked upon her breast:

My youngest I will ne'er forsake.”

As thus the sire and mother spake,

Young Śunahśepha, of the three

The midmost, cried unurged and free:

“My sire withholds his eldest son,

My mother keeps her youngest one:

Then take me with thee, King: I ween

The son is sold who comes between.”

The king with joy his home resought,