Oh Mary, look down from heaven

1. Oh, Mary, look down from heaven, ; See the tears, how many eyes are falling. ; The sad widow and the orphan are sobbing, ; Because sorrow is locked in their hearts. ; Oh, do not abandon them, Virgin Mary, ; Mother of sad orphans. ; ; 2. The widow's life is filled with sorrow, ; She walks to the cemetery garden weeping. ; She falls weeping on her husband's funeral pyre, ; Her heart will be torn in pain. ; Oh, do not abandon them, Virgin Mary, ; Mother of sad orphans. ; ; 3. When she has cried her torrential tears, ; She returns home from the cemetery sorrowfully. ; But sorrow is renewed in her heart, ; Because she sees the fatherless orphans. ; Oh, do not abandon them, Virgin Mary, ; Mother of sad orphans. ; ; 4. There is nothing sadder than the life of an orphan, ; Alas, for there is no more mother than one. ; If he has lost even this one, ; A sea of pain will overwhelm him. ; Oh, do not abandon them, Virgin Mary, ; Mother of sad orphans. ; ; 5. The world is great, neither long nor end, ; But the orphan finds no peace in it. ; He weeps and cries beside closed doors, ; But finds no compassionate heart. ; Oh, do not abandon them, Virgin Mary, ; Mother of sad orphans. ; ; 6. He seeks his parent with lamentations, ; Who loved his child so ardently. ; Alas, but those loving hearts, ; Resting in the lap of a tomb, dying! ; Oh, do not abandon them, Virgin Mary, ; Mother of sad orphans. ; ; 7. He goes out to the cemetery of mourning, ; His grieving heart leads him there. ; He falls down sobbing on the grave, ; Like the leaves of the trees that wither in autumn. ; Oh, do not abandon them, Virgin Mary, ; Mother of sad orphans. ; ; 8. Arise, my mother, says she in her pain, ; Arise at the mournful cry of the orphan. ; Just open your arms once more, ; Embrace your sad, sad orphan. ; Oh, do not abandon them, Virgin Mary, ; Mother of sad orphans. ; ; 9. Or let me go down to him, ; Let me kiss his cold cheek. ; And if I lie down beside you in the grave, ; Your poor child will no longer be an orphan. ; Oh, do not abandon them, Virgin Mary, ; Mother of sad orphans. ; ; 10. Alas, but silent, alas, but silent is the grave, ; It does not hear the orphan, no matter how he cries. ; In vain do my tears fall, ; It does not give back the good parents. ; Oh, do not leave them, Virgin Mary, ; Mother of sad orphans. ; ; 11. But let it comfort you, ; That without death there is no eternal life. ; A heavenly word of encouragement says, ; That the coffin is the way to heaven. ; Oh, do not leave them, Virgin Mary, ; Mother of sad orphans. ; ; 12. Heaven is such a happy home, ; Where no one is orphaned. ; As bitter as separation here is, ; So sweet will be the reunion there. ; Oh, do not leave them, Virgin Mary, ; Mother of sad orphans.