Tarikh (al-Tabari) 1521
The Expedition of Ḥunayn (Hawāzin)
[ شِعْرُ مَالِكِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ فِي هَزِيمَةِ النَّاسِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ وَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، حِينَ وَجَّهَ إلَى حُنَيْنٍ، قَدْ ضَمَّ بَنِي سُلَيْمٍ الضَّحَّاكَ بْنَ سُفْيَانَ الْكِلَابِيَّ، فَكَانُوا إلَيْهِ وَمَعَهُ، وَلَمَّا انْهَزَمَ النَّاسُ قَالَ مَالِكُ بْنُ عَوْفٍ يَرْتَجِزُ بِفَرَسِهِ: أَقْدِمْ مُحَاجُ إنَّهُ يَوْمٌ نُكُرْ مِثْلِي عَلَى مِثْلِكَ يَحْمِي وَيَكُرْ إذَا أُضِيعَ الصَّفُّ يَوْمًا والدُّبُرْ ثُمَّ احْزَأَلَّتْ زُمَرٌ بَعْدَ زُمَرْ كَتَائِبٌ يَكِلُّ فِيهِنَّ الْبَصَرْ قَدْ أَطْعَنُ الطَّعْنَةَ تَقْذِي بِالسُّبُرْ حِينَ يُذَمُّ الْمُسْتَكِينُ الْمُنْجَحِرْ وَأَطْعَنُ النَّجْلَاءَ تَعْوِي وَتَهِرْ لَهَا مِنْ الْجَوْفِ رَشَاشٌ مُنْهَمِرْ تَفْهَقُ تَارَاتٍ وَحِينًا تَنْفَجِرْ وَثَعْلَبُ الْعَامِلِ فِيهَا مُنْكَسِرْ يَا زَيْدُ يَا بْنَ هَمْهَمٍ أَيْنَ تَفِرْ قَدْ نَفِدَ الضِّرْسُ وَقَدْ طَالَ الْعُمُرْ قَدْ عَلِمَ الْبِيضُ الطَّوِيلَاتُ الْخُمُرْ أَنِّي فِي أَمْثَالِهَا غَيْرُ غَمِرْ إذْ تُخْرَجُ الْحَاصِنُ مِنْ تَحْتِ السُّتُرْ [ شِعْرُ ابْنِ عَوْفٍ فِي الِاعْتِذَارِ مِنْ فِرَارِهِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَالَ مَالِكُ بْنُ عَوْفٍ وَهُوَ يَعْتَذِرُ يَوْمَئِذٍ مِنْ فِرَارِهِ: مَنَعَ الرُّقَادَ فَمَا أُغَمِّضُ سَاعَةً نَعَمٌ بِأَجْزَاعِ الطَّرِيقِ مُخَضْرَمُ سَائِلْ هَوَازِنَ هَلْ أَضُرُّ عَدُوَّهَا وَأُعِينُ غَارِمَهَا إذَا مَا يَغْرَمُ وَكَتِيبَةٍ لَبَّسْتُهَا بِكَتِيبَةٍ فِئَتَيْنِ مِنْهَا حَاسِرٌ وَمُلَأَّمُ وَمُقَدَّمٍ تَعْيَا النُّفُوسُ لِضِيقِهِ قَدَّمْتُهُ وَشُهُودُ قَوْمِي أَعْلَمُ فَوَرَدْتُهُ وَتَرَكْتُ إخْوَانًا لَهُ يَرِدُونَ غَمْرَتَهُ وَغَمْرَتُهُ الدَّمُ فَإِذَا انْجَلَتْ غَمَرَاتُهُ أَوْرَثْنَنِي مَجْدَ الْحَيَاةِ وَمَجْدَ غُنْمٍ يُقْسَمُ كَلَّفْتُمُونِي ذَنْبَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَاَللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ مَنْ أَعَقُّ وَأَظْلَمُ وَخَذَلْتُمُونِي إذْ أُقَاتِلُ وَاحِدًا وَخَذَلْتُمُونِي إذْ تُقَاتِلُ خَثْعَمُ وَإِذَا بَنَيْتُ الْمَجْدَ يَهْدِمُ بَعْضُكُمْ لَا يَسْتَوِي بَانٍ وَآخَرُ يَهْدِمُ وَأَقَبَّ مِخْمَاصِ الشِّتَاءِ مُسَارِعٍ فِي الْمَجْدِ يَنْمِي لِلْعُلَى مُتَكَرِّمُ أَكْرَهْتُ فِيهِ أَلَّةً يَزَنِيَّةً سَحْمَاءَ يَقْدُمُهَا سِنَانٌ سَلْجَمُ وَتَرَكْتُ حَنَّتَهُ تَرُدُّ وَلِيَّهُ وَتَقُولُ لَيْسَ عَلَى فُلَانَةَ مَقْدَمُ وَنَصَبْتُ نَفْسِي لِلرِّمَاحِ مُدَجَّجًا مِثْلَ الدَّرِيَّةِ تُسْتَحَلُّ وَتُشْرَمُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ أَنَّهُ أَنْشَدَ مِنْ شِعْرِ مَالِكٍ أَيْضًا حِينَ وَلَّى أَصْحَابُهُ مُنْهَزِمِينَ، وَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ بَعْدَ مَا أَسْلَمَ، وَقِيلَ هِيَ لِغَيْرِهِ: اذْكُرْ مَسِيرَهُمُ لِلنَّاسِ كُلِّهِمُ وَمَالِكٌ فَوْقَهُ الرَّايَاتُ تَخْتَفِقُ وَمَالِكٌ مَالِكٌ مَا فَوْقَهُ أَحَدٌ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ عَلَيْهِ التَّاجُ يَأْتَلِقُ حَتَّى لَقُوا النَّاسَ حِينَ الْبَأْسِ يَقْدُمُهُمْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْبَيْضُ وَالْأَبْدَانُ وَالدَّرَقُ فَضَارَبُوا النَّاسَ حَتَّى لَمْ يَرَوْا أَحَدًا حَوْلَ النَّبِيِّ وَحَتَّى جَنَّهُ الْغَسَقُ حَتَّى تَنَزَّلَ جِبْرِيلُ بِنَصْرِهِمُ فَالْقَوْمُ مُنْهَزِمٌ مِنَّا وَمُعْتَلِقُ مِنَّا وَلَوْ غَيْرُ جِبْرِيلَ يُقَاتِلُنَا لَمَنَّعَتْنَا إِذًا أَسْيَافُنَا الْغُلُقُ وَقَدْ وَفَى عُمَرُ الْفَارُوقُ إِذْ هَزَمُوا بِطَعْنَةٍ بَلَّ مِنْهَا سَرْجَهُ الْعُلُقُ
Translation
✧ [The Poetry of Mālik b. ʿAwf on the Defeat of the People] Ibn Isḥāq said: When the Messenger of God ﷺ set out for Ḥunayn, he had attached Banū Sulaym to al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. Sufyān al-Kilābī, so they were assigned to him and with him. When the people were defeated, Mālik b. ʿAwf said, chanting in rajaz on his horse: Advance, Muḥāj! It is a grim day. One like me upon one like you protects and returns to the charge, When the ranks are lost one day and the rear. Then companies after companies drew together in troops, Battalions in which the eye grows weary. I have thrust the thrust that spews forth with shards, When the abased, crouching one is blamed. I thrust the wide wound that howls and roars, From the belly it has a pouring spray, It gushes at times, and at times it bursts forth, And the fox of the worker is broken within it. O Zayd, O son of Hamham, where do you flee? The molar has worn out, and life has grown long. The white, long-veiled women have known, That in the like of them I am not inexperienced, When the guarded maiden is brought out from behind the curtains. [The Poetry of Ibn ʿAwf in Apology for His Flight] Ibn Isḥāq said: Mālik b. ʿAwf said, apologizing on that day for his flight: Sleep was denied, so I do not close my eyes for an hour, Because of grazing camels in the bends of the road, with slit ears. Ask Hawāzin whether I harmed their enemy, And aided their debtor when he incurred debt. And many a squadron I clad with a squadron, Two groups, of them one unarmored and one armored. And many a vanguard whose narrowness wearies souls, I sent it forward, and the witnesses of my people know best. I plunged into it and left brothers of his, Who enter its flood, and its flood is blood. When its floods cleared, they bequeathed to me, The glory of life and the glory of spoil to be divided. You have charged me with the sin of the family of Muḥammad, And God knows best who is more disobedient and more unjust. You abandoned me when I fought alone, And you abandoned me when Khathʿam fought. And when I build glory, some of you demolish it; A builder and another who demolishes are not equal. And many a lean, winter-starved steed, hastening, In glory, rising to the heights, generous, I forced upon it a Yemeni spearhead, Black, preceded by a long spearhead. And I left his tenderness to call back his ally, And she says: There is no place for so-and-so to advance. And I exposed myself to spears, fully armored, Like a target that is deemed lawful and pierced. From Abū Isḥāq, that he recited from the poetry of Mālik also when his companions turned back in defeat, that being his saying after he had embraced Islam, and it is said they are by another: Remember their march against all the people, While Mālik, above him the banners flutter. And Mālik, Mālik, no one above him, On the day of Ḥunayn, upon him the crown gleams. Until they met the people, when hardship came, they were led by them, Upon them were white [helmets], bodies, and shields. They struck the people until they saw no one, Around the Prophet, and until darkness enveloped him. Until Gabriel descended with their victory, So the people were defeated by us and clinging. From us, and had other than Gabriel fought us, Our sharp swords would have defended us then. And ʿUmar al-Fārūq fulfilled when they were defeated, With a thrust from which his saddle strap became moist with blood.
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