THE RÁMÁYAN OF VÁLMÍKI, VOL. III - Gujarat Knowledge Centre

Cximio LII. THE R^MAYAIS. 245
O'er the swart fiend a lustre threw,
As when embroideiPed girths enfold
An elephant with gleams of gold.
Tair as the lily's bending gtejn,—
Her arms adorned with many a gem,
A lustre to the fiend she lent
Gleaming from every ornament,
As when the cload-shot flashes light
The shadows of a mountain height.
Whene'er the breezes earthward bore
The tinkling of the zone she wore.
He seemed a cloud of darkness hue
Sending forth murmurs as it flew.
As on her way the dame was sped
From her sweet neck fair flowers were shed.
The swift wind caught the flowery rain
And poured it o'er the fiend again.
The wind-stirred blossoms, sweet to smell.
On the dark brows of Ravan fell.
Like Ittnar constellations set
On Mera for a coronet.
From her small foot an anklet fair
With jewels slipped, And through the air)
Like a bright circlet of the flame
Of thunder, to the valley came.
The Maithil lady, fair to see
As the young leaflet of a tree
Clad in the tender hues of spring.
Flashed glory on the giant kiqgf.
As when a gold-embroid^ed zone
Around an -elephant i« thrown.
While, bearing far the lady, through
The realms of sky the giant flew.
She like a glesiri»it^ ineteor oast