आली री! पथिक जे एहि पंथ परौं सिधाए। ते तौं राम-लखन अवधतें आए॥ १ ॥ संग सिय सब अंग सहज सोहाए। रति-काम-ऋतुपति कोटिक लजाए॥ २ ॥ राजा दसरथ, रानी कोसिला जाए। कैकयी कुचाल करि कानन पठाए॥ ३ ॥ बचन कुमतिनिके भूपहि क्यों भाए? हाय! हाय! राय बाम बिधि भरमाए॥ ४ ॥ कुलगुर सचिव काहू न समुझाए। काँच-मनि लै अमोल मानिक गवाँए॥ ५ ॥ भाग मग-लोगनिके, देखन जे पाए। तुलसी सहित जिन गुन-गन गाए॥ ६ ॥
Friend, the travelers who passed along this road Are Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, come from Ayodhyā. (1) Sītā is with them, every limb naturally beautiful; Together they shame millions of Ratis, Loves, and Lords of Spring. (2) King Daśaratha and Queen Kauśalyā gave them birth; Through her crooked scheme, Kaikeyī sent them to the forest. (3) Why did the king accept the words of that evil-minded woman? Alas, alas! Adverse fate bewildered the king. (4) Did neither the family preceptor nor any minister counsel him? Taking a bead of glass, he lost a priceless jewel. (5) Fortunate are the people on the road who were able to see them, And, with Tulsī, those who sing the multitude of their virtues. (6)