he continued and the cloak was torn and a piece of it remained in my hand because of his speed and my holding it. he went and i did not catch up with him so i returned and entered to ahmad bin kulayb and his slave had entered upon him when he saw us from the beginning of the road bringing good news. when he saw me he changed and said where is abu alhasan? so i told him the story but he immediately changed and became confused and began to speak words that could not be understood except for a retraction. the situation became abhorrent and i began to retract and stand up but his mind came back to him and he said to me abu abdullah! i said yes. he said listen to me and memorize from me then he began to say 
فتمادى وتمزق الرداء، وبقيت قطعة منه في يدي لسرعته وإمساكي له، ومضى ولم أدركه، فرجعت ودخلت إلى احمد بن كليب، وقد كان غلامه دخل عليه إذ رآنا من أول الدرب مبشرا، فلما رآني تغير وقال وأين أبو الحسن فأخبرته بالقصة، فاستحال من وقته واختلط، وجعل يتكلم بكلام لا يعقل منه أكثر من الترجع، فاستشنعت الحال، وجعلت أترجع وقمت، فثاب إليه ذهنه وقال لي أبا عبد الله! قلت نعم. قال اسمع مني واحفظ عني، ثم أنشأ يقول 