بني إن سقيت كأس الردى

بني إن سقيت كأس الردى

فسوف يسقاها قريباً أبوك

فسوف يسقاها قريباً أبوك

My son, if you have been made to drink the cup of death,

My son, if you drink the cup of misery

then your father will soon be made to drink it.

Your father will soon drink it too

كأني قد ذقت ما ذقته

كأني قد ذقت ما ذقته

وغبت في اللحد كما غيبوك

وغبت في اللحد كما غيبوك

It is as though I have tasted what you tasted,

As if I have tasted what you tasted

and vanished into the grave, just as they buried you.

And was absent in the grave as they made you absent