أُعطِي خليلٌ لسابا بازَ مَوهِبةً

أُعطِي خليلٌ لسابا بازَ مَوهِبةً

واسترجَعَ اللهُ قبلَ العامِ ما وَهَبا

واسترجَعَ اللهُ قبلَ العامِ ما وَهَبا

Khalil was given to Saba Baz as a gift.

Khalil gave Saba a gifted hawk

And God reclaimed, before the year was out, what He had bestowed.

And God took back before the year what He gave

فخطَّ راثيهِ تأريخاً يقولُ بهِ

فخطَّ راثيهِ تأريخاً يقولُ بهِ

لمثلِهِ ملكوتُ اللهِ قد كُتِبا

لمثلِهِ ملكوتُ اللهِ قد كُتِبا

So his elegist inscribed a chronogram, saying in it:

So he wrote its elegy, dating it, saying:

For one like him, the kingdom of God has been ordained.

For its like, the kingdom of God was decreed