Dhammapada 1.2.2_19

1.2.2_19

‘‘Saccaṃ kho vadesi māṇava,
Ahameva kandataṃ bālyataro;
Candaṃ viya dārako rudaṃ,
Petaṃ kālakatābhipatthayi’’nti. (vi. va. 1213; pe. va. 192) –

Youth, what you say is quite true; it is I that am the greater simpleton of the two that weep;
Like a child crying for the moon, I desired a son that is dead and gone.