[1174] "This is not such suffering for me,
for a man may well meet with this;
but that I shall not see my mother—
that is greater suffering for me than this.
This is not such suffering for me,
for a man may well meet with this;
but that I shall not see my father—
that is greater suffering for me than this.
Surely our poor mother will weep long into the night,
not seeing Kaṇhājinā, the girl so lovely to behold.
Surely our poor father will weep long into the night,
not seeing Kaṇhājinā, the girl so lovely to behold.
Surely our poor mother will long weep in the hermitage,
not seeing Kaṇhājinā, the girl so lovely to behold.
Surely our poor father will long weep in the hermitage,
not seeing Kaṇhājinā, the girl so lovely to behold.
Surely our poor mother will weep long into the night;
at midnight or in the night she will dry up like a river.
Surely our poor father will weep long into the night;
at midnight or in the night he will dry up like a river.
These rose-apple trees (jambu), these vedisa and sindhuvāra trees—
trees of many kinds: today we leave them behind.
And these sacred figs (assattha) and jackfruit trees (panasa),
these banyans (nigrodha) and kapitthana trees—
fruits of many kinds: today we leave them behind.
Here stand the groves, and here the river of cool water,
where once we used to play: today we leave them behind.
Flowers of many kinds upon this mountain,
which once we used to wear: today we leave them behind.
Fruits of many kinds upon this mountain,
which once we used to eat: today we leave them behind.
These are our toy elephants and horses, and these our oxen,
with which once we used to play: today we leave them behind."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.