وجدتُكَ بعضي، بل وجدتُكَ كلّي، حتّى كأنَّ شيئًا لو أصابكَ أصابني، وكأنَّ الموتَ لو أتاكَ أتاني.
My son, I thought you were a part of me. But in fact, you are all of me. So much so that if anything befell you, it was as though it befell me. And if death came to you, it was as though it came to me.