सनातने वर्मनि संनिविष्टां रामेक्षणी तां मदनाभिविष्टाम्। भर्तुर्मनः श्रीमदनुप्रविष्टां स्त्रीभ्यः पराभ्यश्च सदा विशिष्टाम्॥ उष्णार्दितां सानुसृतास्रकण्ठी पुरा वरार्होत्तमनिष्ककण्ठीम्। सुजातपक्ष्मामभिरक्तकण्ठी वने प्रनृत्तामिव नीलकण्ठीम् ॥ अव्यक्तरेखामिव चन्द्रलेखां पांसुप्रदिग्धामिव हेमरेखाम्। क्षतप्ररूढामिव वर्मरखां वायुप्रभुग्नामिव मेघरेखाम्॥ सीतामपश्यन्मनुजेश्वरस्य रामस्य पत्नी वदतां वरस्य। बभूव दु:खोपहतश्चिरस्य प्लवंगमो मन्द इवाचिरस्य॥
sanātane varmani saṃniviṣṭāṃ rāmekṣaṇī tāṃ madanābhiviṣṭām| bharturmanaḥ śrīmadanupraviṣṭāṃ strībhyaḥ parābhyaśca sadā viśiṣṭām|| uṣṇārditāṃ sānusṛtāsrakaṇṭhī purā varārhottamaniṣkakaṇṭhīm| sujātapakṣmāmabhiraktakaṇṭhī vane pranṛttāmiva nīlakaṇṭhīm || avyaktarekhāmiva candralekhāṃ pāṃsupradigdhāmiva hemarekhām| kṣataprarūḍhāmiva varmarakhāṃ vāyuprabhugnāmiva megharekhām|| sītāmapaśyanmanujeśvarasya rāmasya patnī vadatāṃ varasya| babhūva du:khopahataścirasya plavaṃgamo manda ivācirasya||
English Meaning
Established on the eternal road (of chastity); having her gaze fixing on Rāma; always engrossed in the contemplation of Rāma, the mind itself of her lord, who had entered through and through into the heart of her graceful lord, ever superior to all other women; oppressed with the grief of separation; and having her throat afflicted with the vapour of grief; who formerly had her throat graced with that best of ornaments-the nishka; of excellent eyelashes; having a mellifluous voice; like to a peahen ranging in the woods; (not) like to an indistinct lunar lining, or a streak of gold covered with dust, or the colour of a sore-scar, or a gold-leaf broken off by the wind. And not finding, (after so long a search) the Sītā of the lord of men, the spouse of Rāma; best of those skilled in speech the monkey, deeming himself as having suddenly lost his skill in search, was over whelmed with sadness.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)