بني إن سقيت كأس الردى

فسوف يسقاها قريباً أبوك

My son, if you drink the cup of misery

Your father will soon drink it too

كأني قد ذقت ما ذقته

وغبت في اللحد كما غيبوك

As if I have tasted what you tasted

And was absent in the grave as they made you absent