أُعطِي خليلٌ لسابا بازَ مَوهِبةً

واسترجَعَ اللهُ قبلَ العامِ ما وَهَبا

Khalil gave Saba a gifted hawk

And God took back before the year what He gave

فخطَّ راثيهِ تأريخاً يقولُ بهِ

لمثلِهِ ملكوتُ اللهِ قد كُتِبا

So he wrote its elegy, dating it, saying:

For its like, the kingdom of God was decreed