Sirat Ibn Hisham 295
Abu Talib's poetry reproaching al-Mutʿim and those of Banu ʿAbd Manaf who failed him
[ شِعْرُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فِي التَّعْرِيضِ بِالْمُطْعِمِ وَمَنْ خَذَلَهُ مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ ] فَقَالَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ، يُعَرِّضُ بِالْمُطْعِمِ بْنِ عَدِيٍّ، وَيَعُمُّ مَنْ خَذَلَهُ مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ، وَمَنْ عَادَاهُ مِنْ قَبَائِلِ قُرَيْشٍ، وَيَذْكُرُ مَا سَأَلُوهُ، وَمَا تَبَاعَدَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ:: أَلَاقُلْ لِعَمْرٍو وَالْوَلِيدِ وَمُطْعِمٍ أَلَا لَيْتَ حَظِّي مِنْ حِيَاطَتِكُمْ بَكْرُ مِنْ الْخُورِ حَبْحَابٌ كَثِيرٌ رُغَاؤُهُ يَرُشُّ عَلَى السَّاقَيْنِ مِنْ بَوْلِهِ قَطْرُ تَخَلَّفَ خَلْفَ الْوِرْدِ لَيْسَ بِلَاحِقِ إذَا مَا عَلَا الْفَيْفَاءَ قِيلَ لَهُ وَبْرُ أَرَى أَخَوَيْنَا مِنْ أَبِينَا وَأُمِّنَا إذَا سُئِلَا قَالَا إلَى غَيْرِنَا الْأَمْرُ بَلَى لَهُمَا أَمْرٌ وَلَكِنْ تَجَرْجَمَا كَمَا جُرْجِمَتْ مِنْ رَأْسِ ذِي عَلَقِ الصَّخْرِ أَخُصُّ خُصُوصًا عَبْدَ شَمْسٍ وَنَوْفَلًا هُمَا نَبَذَانَا مِثْلَ مَا يُنْبَذُ الْجَمْرُ هُمَا أَغْمَزَا لِلْقَوْمِ فِي أَخَوَيْهِمَا فَقَدْ أَصْبَحَا مِنْهُمْ أَكُفُّهُمَا صِفْرُ هُمَا أَشْرَكَا فِي الْمَجْدِ مَنْ لَا أَبَا لَهُ مِنْ النَّاسِ إلَّا أَنْ يُرَسَّ لَهُ ذِكْرُ وَتَيْمٌ وَمَخْزُومٌ وَزُهْرَةُ مِنْهُمْ وَكَانُوا لَنَا مَوْلًى إذَا بُغِيَ النَّصْرُ فَوَاَللَّهِ لَا تَنْفَكُّ مِنَّا عَدَاوَةٌ وَلَا مِنْهُمْ مَا كَانَ مِنْ نَسْلِنَا شَفْرُ فَقَدْ سَفُهَتْ أَحْلَامُهُمْ وَعُقُولُهُمْ وَكَانُوا كَجَفْرٍ بِئْسَ مَا صَنَعَتْ جَفْرُ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: تَرَكْنَا مِنْهَا بَيْتَيْنِ أَقْذَعَ فِيهِمَا
Translation
✧ [Abu Talib's poetry alluding to al-Mutʿim and those of Banu ʿAbd Manaf who abandoned him] Abu Talib then said, alluding to al-Mutʿim b. ʿAdiyy, and including those who had abandoned him from Banu ʿAbd Manaf, and those who had opposed him from the tribes of Quraysh, and mentioning what they had asked of him and how far removed he was from their matter: Would that I could say to ʿAmr, al-Walid and Mutʿim, would that my share of your protection were a young camel of the Khūr, a bleating one, much of whose bellowing sprinkles drops of its urine upon the two legs. It lags behind the water, unable to catch up; when it climbs the open desert, it is called a wild cat. I see our two brothers from our father and our mother, when they are asked, they say: "The matter belongs to other than us." Yes, they have a matter, but they drew back, as a stone is drawn back from the head of a clinging one. I single out particularly ʿAbd Shams and Nawfal; they cast us out like a coal is cast out. They winked at the people concerning their two brothers, so their two hands have become empty of them. They associated in glory one who has no father among the people, unless a mention be established for him. And Taym, Makhzum and Zuhrah are among them; they were allies to us when help was sought. By Allah, enmity will not cease from us nor from them, as long as any of our offspring remains. Their clemencies and their minds have become foolish, and they were like Jafr; evil is what Jafr has done. Ibn Hisham said: We have omitted two verses from it in which he spoke coarsely.
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