1. Khalil gave Saba a gifted hawk
And God took back before the year what He gave
١. أُعطِي خليلٌ لسابا بازَ مَوهِبةً
واسترجَعَ اللهُ قبلَ العامِ ما وَهَبا
2. So he wrote its elegy, dating it, saying:
For its like, the kingdom of God was decreed
٢. فخطَّ راثيهِ تأريخاً يقولُ بهِ
لمثلِهِ ملكوتُ اللهِ قد كُتِبا