Thus questioned Sita, Rama's dame. Then fierce the stranger's answer came: "Lord of the giant legions, he From whom celestial armies flee,-- The dread of hell and earth and sky, Ravan the Rakshas king am I. Now when thy gold-like form I view Arrayed in silks of amber hue, My love, O thou of perfect mould, For all my dames is dead and cold. A thousand fairest women, torn From many a land my home adorn. But come, loveliest lady, be The queen of every dame and me. My city Lanka, glorious town, Looks from a mountain's forehead down Where ocean with his flash and foam Beats madly on mine island home. With me, O Sita, shalt thou rove Delighted through each shady grove, Nor shall thy happy breast retain Fond memory of this life of pain. In gay attire, a glittering band, Five thousand maids shall round thee stand, And serve thee at thy beck and sign, If thou, fair Sita, wilt be mine."Ramayana 3.280 · Ramayana · 3
Ramayana 3.280
Ramayana · translated by Ralph T.H. Griffith
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