قد كانَ أعظمَهمْ زهداً وأرفعَهمْ

قد كانَ أعظمَهمْ زهداً وأرفعَهمْ

مجداً وأسهرَهم في العلمِ أجفانا

مجداً وأسهرَهم في العلمِ أجفانا

He was indeed the greatest of them in asceticism, and the loftiest

He was the most ascetic of them and the most glorious,

in glory, and the one whose eyelids were most wakeful in pursuit of knowledge.

And the most wakeful in seeking knowledge through the nights.

ما أودعَ اللهُ منْ فضلٍ لوالدِهِ

ما أودعَ اللهُ منْ فضلٍ لوالدِهِ

إلا ونحنُ نراهُ في ابنِهِ الآنا

إلا ونحنُ نراهُ في ابنِهِ الآنا

No excellence did God bestow upon his father

Whatever excellence God granted to his father,

but we now see it in his son.

We now see it in his son.

إني لأُصغِرُ نفسي لازماً أدبي

إني لأُصغِرُ نفسي لازماً أدبي

منْ أنْ أقيمَ على البرهانِ برهانا

منْ أنْ أقيمَ على البرهانِ برهانا

Indeed, I deem myself too small, observing due decorum,

I humble myself, adhering to my manners,

to establish a proof for the proof itself.

Rather than try to improve upon proof with more proof.