Sirat Ibn Hisham 1029
Account of the poetry recited on the day of Uḥud
[ شِعْرٌ لِابْنِ الزِّبَعْرَى ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الزِّبَعْرَى فِي يَوْمِ أُحُدٍ: يَا غُرَابَ الْبَيْنِ أَسْمَعْتَ فَقُلْ إنَّمَا تَنْطِقُ شَيْئًا قَدْ فُعِلْ إنَّ لِلْخَيْرِ وَلِلشَّرِّ مَدًى وَكِلَا ذَلِكَ وَجْهٌ وَقَبَلْ وَالْعَطِيَّاتُ خِسَاسٌ بَيْنَهُمْ وَسَوَاءٌ قَبْرٌ مُثْرٍ وَمُقِلْ كُلُّ عَيْشٍ وَنَعِيمٍ زَائِلٌ وَبَنَاتُ الدَّهْرِ يَلْعَبْنَ بِكُلْ أَبْلِغْنَ حَسَّانَ عَنِّي آيَةً فَقَرِيضُ الشِّعْرِ يَشْفِي ذَا الْغُلَلْ كَمْ تَرَى بِالْجَرِّ مِنْ جُمْجُمَةٍ وَأَكُفٍّ قَدْ أُتِرَّتْ وَرِجِلْ وَسَرَابِيلَ حِسَانٍ سُرِيَتْ عَنْ كُمَاةٍ أُهْلِكُوا فِي الْمُنْتَزَلْ كَمْ قَتَلْنَا مِنْ كَرِيمٍ سَيِّدٍ مَاجِدْ الْجَدَّيْنِ مِقْدَامٍ بَطَلْ صَادِقِ النَّجْدَةِ قَرْمٍ بَارِعٍ غَيْرِ مُلْتَاثٍ لَدَى وَقْعِ الْأَسَلْ فَسَلْ الْمِهْرَاسَ مَنْ سَاكِنُهُ ؟ بَيْنَ أَقْحَافٍ وَهَامٍ كَالْحَجَلْ لَيْتُ أَشْيَاخِي بِبَدْرٍ شَهِدُوا جَزَعَ الْخَزْرَجِ مِنْ وَقْعِ الْأَسَلْ حِينَ حَكَّتْ بِقُبَاءٍ بَرْكَهَا وَاسْتَحَرَّ الْقَتْلُ فِي عَبْدِ الْأَشهَلْ ثُمَّ خَفُّوا عَنْ ذَاكُمْ رُقَّصًا رَقَصَ الْحَفَّانِ يَعْلُو فِي الْجَبَلْ فَقَتَلْنَا الضِّعْفَ مِنْ أَشْرَافِهِمْ وَعَدَلْنَا مَيْلَ بَدْرٍ فَاعْتَدَلْ لَا أَلُومُ النَّفْسَ إلَّا أَنَّنَا لَوْ كَرَرْنَا لَفَعَلْنَا الْمُفْتَعَلْ بِسُيُوفِ الْهِنْدِ تَعْلُو هَامَهُمْ عَلَلًا تَعْلُوهُمْ بَعْدَ نَهَلْ
Translation
✧ [Poetry of Ibn al-Zibaʿrā] Ibn Isḥāq said: And ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zibaʿrā said on the day of Uḥud: O raven of separation, you have heard, so say; you only utter something that has already been done. For good and for evil there is a term, and both of these have a direction and a destination. And gifts are paltry among them, and equal are the grave of the rich and the poor. Every life and delight is transient, and the daughters of time play with all. Convey from me to Ḥassān a sign, for the composition of poetry heals the one with burning thirst. How many do you see at al-Jarr of skulls, and hands that have been severed, and legs; and fine coats of mail stripped from warriors destroyed at the halting-place. How many we killed of noble lords, mighty in both lineages, bold heroes; truly courageous, a perfect chief, not confused at the falling of the spears. Ask al-Mihrās who dwells in it, among skulls and heads like quails. Would that my elders at Badr had witnessed the panic of al-Khazraj at the falling of the spears; when they rubbed their breasts at Qubāʾ, and slaughter raged among ʿAbd al-Ashhal. Then they scampered away from that, dancing, the dance of ostriches climbing the mountain. We slew double the number of their nobles, and we matched the imbalance of Badr, so it was evened. I do not blame myself except that we, had we returned, would have done the utmost. With Indian swords rising over their heads, drinking again, after they had drunk their fill.
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