Let K[Xn] be the commutative polynomial algebra in the variables Xn = {x1,. .. , xn} over a field K of characteristic zero. A theorem from undergraduate course of algebra states that the algebra K[Xn] Sn of symmetric polynomials is generated by the elementary symmetric polynomials which are algebraically independent over K. In the present paper, we study a noncommutative and nonassociative analogue of the algebra K[Xn] Sn replacing K[Xn] with the free metabelian Lie algebra Fn of rank n ≥ 2 over K. It is known that the algebra F Sn n is not finitely generated, but its ideal (F n) Sn consisting of the elements of F Sn n in the commutator ideal F n of Fn is a finitely generated K[Xn] Sn-module. In our main result, we describe the generators of the K[Xn] Sn-module (F n) Sn which gives the complete description of the algebra F Sn n .