لِأَبي عَلِيٍّ في حَداثَتِهِ

فَضلٌ سَيُذكَرُ آخِرَ الأَبَدِ

To Abu Ali in his youth

There is merit that will be remembered until the end of time

حَفِظَ القَديمَ فَلَيسَ يَسبِقُهُ

أَحَدٌ إِلى التَعظيمِ لِلأَحَدِ

He preserved the old so none will precede him

In venerating the One

لَزِمَ المَشايِخَ مِلَّةً قَدُمَت

بانَت فَضيلَتُها عَلى الوَلَدِ

He clung to the elders, following a path

Whose virtue was evident over lineage

فَإِذا عَزَمتَ عَلى مَساءَتِهِم

فَاِجهَر بِلَم يولَد وَلَم يَلِدِ

So if you intend to blame them

Proclaim that He did not beget nor was He begotten