As soon as I step in the front gate, I hear wailing with grief because my youngest son has died of starvation.

入門聞號啕，幼子飢已卒。

How can I suppress my sorrow any more when my neighbors are also sobbing with sadness?

吾寧舍一哀，里巷亦嗚咽。

As a father, I feel deeply ashamed at being unable to raise my children.

所愧為人父，無食致夭折。

I wonder that the poor families can hardly feed themselves in spite of the fair harvest this autumn.

豈知秋禾登，貧窭有倉卒。