تبحّثْتُ عن أخبارِه فكأنما
نبشتُ صداهُ بعد مرِّ ثَلاثِ
I searched for news of him, and it was as though
I had exhumed his corpse after three days had passed;
تلقَّتْنيَ الأنباءُ عَنه شبيهَةً
نواشِرَ أرواحٍ لهن خِباثِ
the tidings of him that met me resembled
wafts of odors, all of them foul.
Sol 5.6