The melody of songs that used to be sang in the various parts of the field and that used to be mingled with the sound of musical instruments, alas, that sound could not be heard this day.
द्रोणस्यासीदविरतो गृहे तं न शृणोम्यहम्। नानादेशसमुत्थानां गीतानां योऽभवत् स्वनः॥