बभूव जलदं नीलं भित्त्वा चन्द्र इवोदितः। सुललाटं सुकेशान्तं पद्मगर्भाभमव्रणम्॥ शुक्लैः सुविमलैर्दन्तैः प्रभावद्भिरलंकृतम्। तस्याः सुनयनं वक्त्रमाकाशे रावणाङ्कगम्॥ रुदितं व्यपमृष्टास्रं चन्द्रवत् प्रियदर्शनम्। सुनासं चारुताम्रोष्टमाकाशे हाटकप्रभम्॥ राक्षसेन्द्रसमाधूतं तस्यास्तद् वदनं शुभम्। शुशुभे न विना रामं दिवा चन्द्र इवोदितः॥
babhūva jaladaṃ nīlaṃ bhittvā candra ivoditaḥ| sulalāṭaṃ sukeśāntaṃ padmagarbhābhamavraṇam|| śuklaiḥ suvimalairdantaiḥ prabhāvadbhiralaṃkṛtam| tasyāḥ sunayanaṃ vaktramākāśe rāvaṇāṅkagam|| ruditaṃ vyapamṛṣṭāsraṃ candravat priyadarśanam| sunāsaṃ cārutāmroṣṭamākāśe hāṭakaprabham|| rākṣasendrasamādhūtaṃ tasyāstad vadanaṃ śubham| śuśubhe na vinā rāmaṃ divā candra ivoditaḥ||
English Meaning
It appeared like the moon risen tearing away dark clouds. And in the aerial regions her countenance on Rāvana's lap furnished with a fair forehead and graceful hair glowing like the interior of a lotus, without scars, graced with white, shining, stainless teeth, having excellent eyes, lovely like the moon, having a shapely nose, a rubeous upper lip, wearing the splendour of gold in the sky, that captivating countenance of hers in consequence of her weeping, and of being stained with tears, as also owing to the violence it had undergone at the hands of the lord of Rākşasas,-did not appear beautiful without Rāma' like the moon risen during the day.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)