Sirat Ibn Hisham 1225
Ḥassān's poetry on Dhū Qarad
[ شِعْرُ حَسَّانَ فِي ذِي قَرَدٍ ] وَكَانَ مِمَّا قِيلَ مِنْ الشِّعْرِ فِي يَوْمِ ذِي قَرَدٍ قَوْلُ حَسَّانَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ: لَوْلَا الَّذِي لَاقَتْ وَمَسَّ نُسُورُهَا بِجَنُوبِ سَايَةَ أَمْسِ فِي التَّقْوَادِ لَلَقِينَكُمْ يَحْمِلْنَ كُلَّ مُدَجَّجٍ حَامِي الْحَقِيقَةِ مَاجِدُ الْأَجْدَادِ وَلَسَرَّ أَوْلَادَ اللَّقِيطَةِ أَنَّنَا سِلْمٌ غَدَاةَ فَوَارِسِ الْمِقْدَادِ كُنَّا ثَمَانِيَةً وَكَانُوا جَحْفَلًا لِجَبَا فَشُكُّوا بِالرِّمَاحِ بَدَادِ كُنَّا مِنْ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ وَيُقَدِّمُونَ عِنَانَ كُلِّ جَوَادٍ كَلَّا وَرَبِّ الرَّاقِصَاتِ إلَى مِنًى يَقْطَعْنَ عُرْضَ مَخَارِمِ الْأَطْوَادِ حَتَّى نُبِيلَ الْخَيْلَ فِي عَرَصَاتِكُمْ وَنُؤَوِّبُ بِالْمَلَكَاتِ وَالْأَوْلَادِ رَهْوًا بِكُلِّ مُقَلَّصٍ وَطِمَرَّةٍ فِي كُلِّ مُعْتَرَكٍ عَطَفْنَ وَوَادَى أَفْنَى دَوَابِرَهَا وَلَاحَ مُتُونَهَا يَوْمٌ تُقَادُ بِهِ وَيَوْمٌ طِرَادُ فَكَذَاكَ إنَّ جِيَادَنَا مَلْبُونَةٌ وَالْحَرْبُ مُشْعَلَةٌ بِرِيحِ غَوَادٍ وَسُيُوفُنَا بِيضُ الْحَدَائِدِ تَجْتَلِي جُنَنَ الْحَدِيدِ وَهَامَةَ الْمُرْتَادِ أَخَذَ الْإِلَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ لِحَرَامِهِ وَلِعِزَّةِ الرَّحْمَنِ بِالْأَسْدَادِ كَانُوا بِدَارٍ نَاعِمِينَ فَبُدِّلُوا أَيَّامَ ذِي قَرَدٍ وُجُوهَ عِبَادٍ
Translation
✧ [Ḥassān's poetry on Dhū Qarad] Among the poetry that was recited on the day of Dhū Qarad was the saying of Ḥassān b. Thābit: Had it not been for what she encountered and its vultures touched at the south of Sāyah yesterday in al-Taqwād, They would have met you carrying every fully armed man, protector of the truth, glorious in ancestry. And it would have pleased the sons of the foundling that we were at peace on the morning of the horsemen of al-Miqdād. We were eight, while they were a mighty host, a throng, and they were pierced with lances in separate groups. We were among the people who followed them closely and who advanced the reins of every swift steed. Nay, by the Lord of the swaying camels toward Minā that cut across the breadth of the mountain passes, Until we let the horses loose in your courtyards and return with the captives and the children, Gently, with every lean-flanked horse and long-bodied mare in every battle they turned aside and in every valley. Their hind hooves were worn away and their backs became visible, one day being led by it and one day a chase. Thus indeed our steeds are ever ready for battle, and war is kindled by the wind of swift raiders. And our swords are white of blades that reveal the shields of iron and the skull of the seeker. God took them to task for His sanctity and for the might of the Merciful, with misfortunes. They were in an abode of ease, but they were transformed on the days of Dhū Qarad into the faces of slaves.
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