"Keep my cheek on the ground..." the last words of Umar

I am the last of the people to have seen ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb. I entered upon him while his head was in the lap of his son ʿAbdullāh, and he was despondent. He said to him: "Put my cheek on the ground." But ʿAbdullāh…