then i entered cordoba during the caliphate of alqasim bin mahmud almamun and i did not do anything except to go to abu omar alqasim bin yahya altamimi the brother of abdullah may god have mercy on him. i asked him about his condition and offered my condolences for his brother and no one was more deserving of condolences than me. then i asked him about his poems and letters since what i had of him had been plundered for the reason i mentioned at the beginning of this story. he informed me about him that when his death was approaching and he was certain of the approach of death and had no doubt about death he called for all his poetry and my letters that i had addressed to him and he cut them all up and then ordered them to be buried. abu omar said so i said to him o my brother let them remain.
ثم دخلت أنا قرطبة في خلافة القاسم بن محمود المأمون فلم أقدم شيئا على قصد أبي عمر القاسم بن يحيى التميمي أخي عبد الله رحمه الله، فسألته عن حاله وعزيته عن أخيه، وما كان أولى بالتعزية عنه مني، ثم سألته عن أشعاره ورسائله إذ كان الذي عندي منه قد ذهب بالنهب في السبب الذي ذكرته في صدر هذه الحكاية، فأخبرني عنه أنه لما قربت وفاته وأيقن بحضور المنية ولم يشك في الموت دعا بجميع شعره وبكتبي التي كنت خاطبته أنا بها، فقطعها كلها ثم أمر بدفنها. قال أبو عمر، فقلت له يا أخي دعها تبقى.