Sirat Ibn Hisham 203
Umaymah's elegy for her father ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
[ رِثَاءُ أُمَيْمَةَ لِأَبِيهَا عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ] وَقَالَتْ أُمَيْمَةُ بِنْتُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ تَبْكِي أَبَاهَا:: أَلَا هَلَكَ الرَّاعِي الْعَشِيرَةَ ذُو الْفَقْدِ وَسَاقِي الْحَجِيجِ وَالْمُحَامِي عَنْ الْمَجْدِ وَمَنْ يُؤْلَفُ الضَّيْفَ الْغَرِيبَ بُيُوتَهُ إذَا مَا سَمَاءُ النَّاسِ تَبْخَلُ بِالرَّعْدِ كَسَبْتَ وَلَيَدًا خَيْرَ مَا يَكْسِبُ الْفَتَى فَلَمْ تَنْفَكِكْ تَزْدَادُ يَا شَيْبَةَ الْحَمْدِ أَبُو الْحَارِثِ الْفَيَّاضُ خَلَّى مَكَانَهُ فَلَا تُبْعِدَنْ فَكُلُّ حَيٍّ إلَى بُعْدٍ فَإِنِّي لَبَاكٍ مَا بَقِيتُ وَمُوجَعٌ وَكَانَ لَهُ أَهْلًا لِمَا كَانَ مِنْ وَجْدِي سَقَاكَ وَلِيُّ النَّاسِ فِي القَبرُ مُمْطِرًا فَسَوْفَ أُبَكِّيهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي اللَّحْدِ فَقَدْ كَانَ زَيْنًا لِلْعَشِيرَةِ كُلِّهَا وَكَانَ حَمِيدًا حَيْثُ مَا كَانَ مِنْ حَمْدٍ
Translation
✧ [Umaymah's Elegy for Her Father ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib] Umaymah bt. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib said, weeping for her father: Alas, the shepherd of the clan, the one of loss, has perished, And the waterer of the pilgrims, and the defender of glory, And he to whose houses the stranger guest is brought When the sky of the people is stingy with thunder. You earned as a child the best that a young man earns, And you did not cease to increase, O Shaybah of praise. Abū al-Ḥārith al-Fayyāḍ has left his place, So be not far, for every living thing goes to distance. Indeed I am weeping as long as I live, and in pain, And he was worthy of it because of my grief. May the Guardian of the people water you in the grave with rain, And I shall weep for him, even though he is in the tomb. He was an ornament for the entire clan, And he was praiseworthy wherever there was praise.
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