so ’ham sunye grhe dino

 mrta-daro mrta-prajah

jijivise kim artham va

 vidhuro duhkha-jivitah

 

Translation: 

 

Now I am a wretched person living in an empty home. My wife is dead; my children are dead. Why should I possibly want to live? My heart is so pained by separation from my family that life itself has become simply suffering.