The Story of Surasundarī 4.128

4.128

jaṁ bhaṇasi tumaṁ bhaddē! majjhavi hiyayammi phuraï taṁ saccaṁ
navaraṁ hayāsavihiṇō vasēṇa aïdukkaraṁ jāyaṁ

“What you say, gentle one, flashes in my heart as true; / but under the power of wretched fate, it has become exceedingly difficult.”