Sirat Ibn Hisham 1104
What was said in poetry about the Banū al-Naḍīr
[ شِعْرُ ابْنِ مِرْدَاسٍ فِي امْتِدَاحِ رِجَالِ بَنِي النَّضِيرِ ] وَقَالَ عَبَّاسُ بْنُ مِرْدَاسٍ أَخُو بَنِي سُلَيْمٍ يَمْتَدِحُ رِجَالَ بَنِي النَّضِيرِ: لَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الدَّارِ لَمْ يَتَصَدَّعُوا رَأَيْتَ خِلَالَ الدَّارِ مَلْهًى وَمَلْعَبَا فَإِنَّكَ عَمْرِي هَلْ أُرِيكَ ظَعَائِنَا سَلَكْنَ عَلَى رُكْنِ الشَّطَاةِ فَتَيْأَبَا عَلَيْهِنَّ عِينٌ مِنْ ظِبَاءٍ تَبَّالَةٍ أَوَانِسُ يُصْبِيَنَ الْحَلِيمَ الْمُجَرِّبَا إذَا جَاءَ بَاغِي الْخَيْرِ قُلْنَ فُجَاءَةً لَهُ بِوُجُوهٍ كَالدَّنَانِيرِ مَرْحَبَا وَأَهْلًا فَلَا مَمْنُوعَ خَيْرٍ طَلَبْتَهُ وَلَا أَنْتَ تَخْشَى عِنْدَنَا أَنْ تُؤَنَّبَا فَلَا تَحْسَبَنِّي كُنْتُ مَوْلَى ابْنِ مِشْكَمٍ سَلَامٍ وَلَا مَوْلَى حُيَيِّ بْنِ أَخْطَبَا
Translation
✧ [The poetry of Ibn Mirdās in praising the men of Banū al-Naḍīr] ʿAbbās b. Mirdās, the brother of Banū Sulaym, said praising the men of Banū al-Naḍīr: If only the people of the abode had not dispersed, you would have seen the open spaces of the abode as a place of amusement and play. By my life, will I show you women in howdahs who travelled by the side of al-Shaṭāh, then turned toward Tayʾabā? Upon them are wide-eyed gazelles of Tabālah, maidens who captivate the forbearing, experienced man. When a seeker of good came, they would say suddenly to him, with faces like dinars, "Welcome! And greetings! So no good you seek is withheld, nor need you fear reproach among us." So do not think that I was ever a client of Ibn Mishkam Salām, nor a client of Ḥuyayy b. Akhṭab.
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