Composed when I saw a little child crying for his mother by the side of the road and, on asking folk nearby, being told that both his mother and father had died.
いとほしやみるに涙もとどまらずおやもなき子の母をたづぬる
itōshi ya miru ni namida mo todomarazu oya mo naki ko no haha o tazunuru
O, how pitiful! The sight of tears Unending on An orphan child Searching for his mother…