Sirat Ibn Hisham 1038
Account of the poetry recited on the day of Uḥud
وَقَالَ ضِرَارُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ غزوة أحد أَيْضًا: لَمَّا أَتَتْ مِنْ بَنِي كَعْبٍ مُزَيَّنَةً وَالْخَزْرَجِيَّةُ فِيهَا الْبِيضُ تَأْتَلِقُ وَجَرَّدُوا مَشْرَفِيَّاتٍ مُهَنَّدَةً وَرَايَةً كَجَنَاحِ النَّسْرِ تَخْتَفِقُ فَقُلْتُ يَوْمٌ بَأيَّامٍ وَمَعْرَكَةٌ تُنْبِى لِمَا خَلْفَهَا مَا هُزْهِزَ الْوَرَقُ قَدْ عُوِّدُوا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ أَنْ تَكُونَ لَهُمْ رِيحُ الْقِتَالِ وَأَسْلَابُ الَّذِينَ لَقُوا خَيَّرْتُ نَفْسِي عَلَى مَا كَانَ مِنْ وَجَلٍ مِنْهَا وَأَيْقَنْتُ أَنَّ الْمَجْدَ مُسْتَبَقُ أَكْرَهْتُ مُهْرِي حَتَّى خَاضَ غَمْرَتَهُمْ وَبَلَّهُ مِنْ نَجِيعٍ عَانِكٍ عَلَقُ فَظَلَّ مُهْرِي وَسِرْبَالِي جَسِيدُهُمَا نَفْخُ الْعُرُوقِ رِشَاشُ الطَّعْنِ وَالْوَرَقُ أَيْقَنْتُ أَنِّي مُقِيمٌ فِي دِيَارِهُمُ حَتَّى يُفَارِقَ مَا فِي جَوْفِهِ الْحَدَقُ لَا تَجْزَعُوا يَا بَنِي مَخْزُومَ إنَّ لَكُمْ مِثْلَ الْمُغِيرَةِ فِيكُمْ مَا بِهِ زَهَقُ صَبْرًا فِدًى لَكُمْ أُمِّي وَمَا وَلَدَتْ تَعَاوَرُوا الضَّرْبَ حَتَّى يُدْبِرَ الشَّفَقُ
Translation
✧ Ḍirār b. al-Khaṭṭāb also said concerning the expedition of Uḥud: When there came from Banū Kaʿb, adorned, the Khazrajī woman among whom the white ones gleam, and they unsheathed polished Mashrafī swords and a banner like the wing of an eagle fluttering, I said: A day for days, and a battle that will tell what is behind it, as the leaves were shaken. They have been accustomed every day to have the wind of battle and the spoils of those they meet. I chose for myself despite the fear that was in me, and I knew that glory is to be striven for. I urged on my colt until it plunged into their crush, and it was wetted from dark blood by clots. My colt and my coat of mail remained, their two bodies smeared with the pulsing of veins, the spray of thrusting, and the leaves. I knew that I would stay in their abode until what is in its interior parted from the pupils. Do not be dismayed, O Banū Makhzūm; you have among you one like al-Mughīrah, in whom there is no faltering. Patience, may my mother and what she bore be your ransom; take turns at striking until the twilight retreats.
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