Sabr

صبر

Poems inspired by SNX's songs, retold by AIA Labs.

From the song

Sabr صبر by SNX

A song about patience, opening with a set pious formula in which the speaker hands his trouble over to God. It is sung with enthusiastic yes-yes responses. A line says we wanted to see you smiling. Then the comfort: be patient, my heart, in two days tomorrow will be better than yesterday. The word for patience is then chanted at length, with a line saying he knew himself and so he was patient. The ending is a plea to patience itself. Stay with me, I feel you, do not leave.

Deeper meaning

Patience is addressed as a companion and not as a rule. The song starts with the surrender to God and ends by asking patience to stay close, which shows how thin the strength is. The promise that tomorrow will be better is not an argument. It is the thing he says to himself to keep going.