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Fear Allah and remove sorrow

سابا اتق الله وخل الأسى

1. Fear Allah and remove sorrow
An ignorant person is excused in his ignorance

١. سابا اِتَّقِ اللَهَ وخَلِّ الأَسى
لجاهِلٍ يُعذَرُ في جَهلِهِ

2. Do not care about insults and rise above them
For reason is all reason in its conception

٢. لا تَكتَرِث بِالرُزءِ وَاِنهَض به
فَالرَأيُ كلُّ الرَأيِ في حَملهِ

3. You are like one who takes refuge
In his intellect when a day brings him woe

٣. مثلُكَ من يَلجَأُ إن راعَهُ
يومٌ بِمَكروهٍ إِلى عَقلِهِ

4. Al-Farid passed away in the prime of youth
And left behind sorrow among his people

٤. قَضى فَريدٌ وَهو غَضُّ الصِبا
وَخَلَّفَ الحَسرَةَ في أَهلهِ

5. The angels of Allah met him in heaven
In his form

٥. وَقابَلَته في الجِنان العُلا
مَلائِكٌ لِلَّهِ في شَكلهِ

6. Woe to him, a branch that did not grow
Until it withered and was uprooted from its origin

٦. واهاً له مِن غُصُنٍ ما نَمى
حتّى ذَوي وَاجتُثَّ من أَصلِه

7. Saba, cry but like the wise one who
Fears being blamed for his nobility

٧. سابا باكِ لكن كَالحَكيم الذي
يخافُ أَن يُطعَنَ في نُبلهِ

8. And be patient for how much anguish eats away
At one's health and surplus

٨. وَاصبِر فكَم من جَزَعٍ آكلٍ
من صحَّة المرءِ ومِن فَضلهِ

9. For the lion, his sorrows do not make him forget
His place, even if he is wronged regarding his cubs

٩. فَاللَيثُ لا تُنسيه أحزانه
مَقامَه إِن ضيمَ في شِبلِهِ