Sirat Ibn Hisham 204
Arwā's elegy for her father ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
[ رِثَاءُ أَرِوَى لِأَبِيهَا عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ] وَقَالَتْ أَرْوَى بِنْتُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ تَبْكِي أَبَاهَا:: بَكَتْ عَيْنَيَّ وَحُقَّ لَهَا الْبُكَاءُ عَلَى سَمْحٍ سَجِيَّتُهُ الْحَيَاءُ عَلَى سَهْلِ الْخَلِيقَةِ أبْطَحيٍّ كَرِيمِ الْخِيمِ نِيَّتُهُ الْعَلَاءُ عَلَى الْفَيَّاضِ شَيْبَةَ ذِي الْمَعَالِي أَبِيكِ الْخَيْرِ لَيْسَ لَهُ كِفَاءُ طَوِيلِ الْبَاعِ أَمْلَسَ شَيْظميٌّ أَغَرَّ كَأَنَّ غُرَّتَهُ ضِيَاءُ أَقَبِّ الْكَشْحِ أَرُوعَ ذِي فُضُولٍ لَهُ الْمَجْدُ الْمُقَدَّمُ وَالسَّنَاءُ أَبِيِّ الضَّيْمِ أَبْلَجَ هِبْرَزِيٌّ قَدِيمِ الْمَجْدِ لَيْسَ لَهُ خَفَا وَمَعْقِلِ مَالِكٍ وَرَبِيعِ فِهْرٍ وَفَاصِلِهَا إذَا اُلْتُمِسَ الْقَضَاءُ وَكَانَ هُوَ الْفَتَى كَرَمًا وَجُودًا وَبَأْسًا حَيْنَ تَنْسَكِبُ الدِّمَاءُ إذَا هَابَ الْكُمَاةُ الْمَوْتَ حَتَّى كَأَنَّ قُلُوبَ أَكْثَرِهِمْ هَوَاءُ مَضَى قُدُمًا بِذِي رُبَدٍ خَشِيبٍ عَلَيْهِ حَيْنَ تُبْصِرهُ الْبَهَاءُ قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَزَعَمَ لِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ أَنَّهُ أَشَارَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَقَدْ أَصْمَتَ: أَنَّ هَكَذَا فَابْكِينَنِي. [ نَسَبُ الْمُسَيِّبِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: [ وَ ] الْمُسَيِّبُ بْنُ حَزْنِ بْنِ أَبِي وَهْبِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَائِذِ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ مَخْزُومٍ
Translation
✧ [Arwā's Elegy for Her Father ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib] Arwā bt. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib said, weeping for her father: My eyes wept—and weeping was their due— for a generous man whose disposition is modesty, for an easy-natured Abṭaḥī, noble of character, whose intention is loftiness, for the overflowing Shaybah, possessor of high virtues, your father, the good, who has no equal, long of reach, smooth, a tall sturdy one, more radiant, as if the blaze on his forehead were light, lean-flanked, awe-inspiring, possessed of merits, to whom belongs foremost glory and eminence, refusing humiliation, bright-faced, a lion-like chief, of ancient glory, with no obscurity in him. He was the refuge of Mālik and the spring of Fihr, and its arbiter when judgment was sought. He was the youth in generosity, munificence, and courage when blood is shed, when the brave feared death until the hearts of most of them were as air. He advanced boldly on a dappled, sharpened steed, on him, when you see him, splendor. Ibn Isḥāq said: Muḥammad b. Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib asserted to me that he gestured with his head while he had become speechless: “Like this, then weep for me.” [The Lineage of al-Musayyib] Ibn Hishām said: [And] al-Musayyib b. Ḥazn b. Abī Wahb b. ʿAmr b. ʿĀʾidh b. ʿImrān b. Makhzūm.
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