Sirat Ibn Hisham 1411
What occurred between Quraysh and Banū Jadhīma of preparation for war and then reconciliation
[ شِعْرُ غُلَامٍ جَذْمِيٍّ هَارِبٍ أَمَامَ خَالِدٍ ] وَقَالَ غُلَامٌ مِنْ بَنِي جَذِيمَةَ، وَهُوَ يَسُوقُ بِأُمِّهِ وَأُخْتَيْنِ لَهُ، وَهُوَ هَارِبٌ بِهِنَّ مِنْ جَيْشِ خَالِدٍ: رَخِّينَ أَذْيَالَ الْمُرُوطِ وَارْبَعَنْ مَشْيَ حَيِيَّاتٍ كَأَنْ لَمْ يُفْزَعَنْ إنْ تُمْنَعْ الْيَوْمَ نِسَاءٌ تُمْنَعَنْ [ ارْتِجَازُ غِلْمَةٍ مَعَ بَنِي جَذِيمَةَ حِينَ سَمِعُوا بِخَالِدِ ] وَقَالَ غِلْمَةٌ مِنْ بَنِي جَذِيمَةَ، يُقَالُ لَهُمْ بَنُو مُسَاحِقٍ، يَرْتَجِزُونَ حِينَ سَمِعُوا بِخَالِدِ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ: قَدْ عَلِمَتْ صَفْرَاءُ بَيْضَاءُ الْإِطِلْ يَحُوزُهَا ذُو ثَلَّةٍ وَذُو إبِلْ لَأُغْنِيَنَّ الْيَوْمَ مَا أَغْنَى رَجُلْ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: قَدْ عَلِمَتْ صَفْرَاءُ تُلْهِي الْعِرْسَا لَا تَمْلَأُ الْحَيْزُومَ مِنْهَا نَهْسَا لَأَضْرِبَنَّ الْيَوْمَ ضَرْبًا وَعْسَا ضَرْبَ الْمُحِلِّينَ مَخَاضًا قُعْسَا وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: أَقْسَمْتُ مَا إنْ خَادِرٌ ذُو لِبْدَهْ شَثْنُ الْبَنَانِ فِي غَدَاةٍ بَرْدَهْ جَهْمُ الْمُحَيَّا ذُو سِبَالٍ وَرْدَهْ يُرْزِمُ بَيْنَ أَيْكَةٍ وَجَحْدَهْ ضَارٍ بِتَأْكَالِ الرِّجَالِ وَحْدَهْ بِأَصْدَقَ الْغَدَاةَ مَنِّي نَجْدَهْ
Translation
✧ [Poetry of a Jadhīmah boy fleeing ahead of Khālid] A boy from Banū Jadhīmah said, while driving his mother and two sisters before him, fleeing with them from Khālid's army: Let down the trains of the woollen cloaks and slow down; The gait of shy women, as if they were not startled. If women are protected today, then they will be protected. [Rajaz verses of boys with Banū Jadhīmah when they heard of Khālid] Boys from Banū Jadhīmah, called Banū Musāḥiq, recited rajaz when they heard of Khālid. One of them said: Yellow-white one of the flank has come to know, One possessed of small flocks and of camels holds her. I shall avail today as a man avails. The other said: Yellow one who distracts the bride has come to know; A bite from her does not fill the breastbone. I shall strike today a hard and rough blow, The blow of those who cause she-camels to kneel at the place of their halting, ponderous ones. The other said: I swear that no lurking lion with a mane, Coarse of paw-pads on a cold morning, Gloomy of countenance, with reddish whiskers, Growling between a thicket and hard ground, Fierce in devouring men alone, Is more truthful in the morning than I in courage.
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