Dhammapada · 11.8

Anekajātisaṃsāraṃ, sandhāvissaṃ anibbisaṃ;Gahakāraṃ gavesanto, dukkhā jāti punappunaṃ.

Anekajatisamsaram, sandhavissam anibbisam; Gahakaram gavesanto, dukkha jati punappunam.

Through many a birth in samsara I wandered, not finding — seeking the house-builder. Painful is birth again and again.

— Dhammapada 11.8

Source: Pali text from the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Pali Canon (oldest extant Buddhist scripture, compiled c. 3rd century BCE). Public-domain English readings drawn from F. Max Müller's translation in Sacred Books of the East, Vol X (1881) and the Buddhist Publication Society's freely-licensed Acharya Buddharakkhita rendering.