سابا اِتَّقِ اللَهَ وخَلِّ الأَسى

لجاهِلٍ يُعذَرُ في جَهلِهِ

Fear Allah and remove sorrow

An ignorant person is excused in his ignorance

لا تَكتَرِث بِالرُزءِ وَاِنهَض به

فَالرَأيُ كلُّ الرَأيِ في حَملهِ

Do not care about insults and rise above them

For reason is all reason in its conception

مثلُكَ من يَلجَأُ إن راعَهُ

يومٌ بِمَكروهٍ إِلى عَقلِهِ

You are like one who takes refuge

In his intellect when a day brings him woe

قَضى فَريدٌ وَهو غَضُّ الصِبا

وَخَلَّفَ الحَسرَةَ في أَهلهِ

Al-Farid passed away in the prime of youth

And left behind sorrow among his people

وَقابَلَته في الجِنان العُلا

مَلائِكٌ لِلَّهِ في شَكلهِ

The angels of Allah met him in heaven

In his form

واهاً له مِن غُصُنٍ ما نَمى

حتّى ذَوي وَاجتُثَّ من أَصلِه

Woe to him, a branch that did not grow

Until it withered and was uprooted from its origin

سابا باكِ لكن كَالحَكيم الذي

يخافُ أَن يُطعَنَ في نُبلهِ

Saba, cry but like the wise one who

Fears being blamed for his nobility

وَاصبِر فكَم من جَزَعٍ آكلٍ

من صحَّة المرءِ ومِن فَضلهِ

And be patient for how much anguish eats away

At one's health and surplus

فَاللَيثُ لا تُنسيه أحزانه

مَقامَه إِن ضيمَ في شِبلِهِ

For the lion, his sorrows do not make him forget

His place, even if he is wronged regarding his cubs