Sirat Ibn Hisham 70
The rising of Sayf b. Dhī Yazan and the reign of Wahriz over Yemen
[ وَهْرِزَ وَسَيْفُ بْنُ ذِي يَزَنَ وَانْتِصَارُهُمَا عَلَى مَسْرُوقٍ وَمَا قِيلَ فِي ذَلِكَ مِنْ الشِّعْرِ ] وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَجُلًا يُقَالُ لَهُ وَهْرِزُ، وَكَانَ ذَا سِنٍّ فِيهِمْ وَأَفْضَلَهُمْ حَسَبًا وَبَيْتًا فَخَرَجُوا فِي ثَمَانِ سَفَائِنَ، فَغَرِقَتْ سَفِينَتَانِ، وَوَصَلَ إلَى سَاحِلِ عَدَنَ سِتُّ سَفَائِنَ. فَجَمَعَ سَيْفٌ إلَى وَهْرِزَ مَنْ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ، وَقَالَ لَهُ: رِجْلِي مَعَ رِجْلِكَ حَتَّى نَمُوتَ جَمِيعًا أَوْ نَظْفَرَ جَمِيعًا. قَالَ لَهُ وَهْرِزُ: أَنْصَفْتَ، وَخَرَجَ إلَيْهِ مَسْرُوقُ بْنُ أَبْرَهَةَ مَلِكُ الْيَمَنِ، وَجَمَعَ إلَيْهِ جُنْدَهُ. فَأَرْسَلَ إلَيْهِمْ وَهْرِزُ ابْنًا لَهُ لِيُقَاتِلَهُمْ فَيَخْتَبِرَ قِتَالَهُمْ: فَقُتِلَ ابْنُ وَهْرِزَ فَزَادَهُ ذَلِكَ حَنَقًا عَلَيْهِمْ فَلَمَّا تَوَاقَفَ النَّاسُ عَلَى مَصَافِّهِمْ، قَالَ وَهْرِزُ: أَرُونِي مَلِكَهُمْ، فَقَالُوا لَهُ: أَتَرَى رَجُلًا عَلَى الْفِيلِ عَاقِدًا تَاجَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ يَاقُوتَةٌ حَمْرَاءُ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ قَالُوا: ذَاكَ مَلِكُهُمْ؛ فَقَالَ: اُتْرُكُوهُ. فَوَقَفُوا طَوِيلًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: عَلَامَ هُوَ ؟ قَالُوا: قَدْ تَحَوَّلَ عَلَى الْفَرَسِ، قَالَ: اُتْرُكُوهُ. فَوَقَفُوا طَوِيلًا ؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ: عَلَامَ هُوَ ؟ قَالُوا: قَدْ تَحَوَّلَ عَلَى الْبَغْلَةِ. قَالَ وَهْرِزُ: بِنْتُ الْحِمَارِ ذَلَّ وَذَلَّ مُلْكُهُ، إنِّي سَأَرْمِيهِ فَإِنْ رَأَيْتُمْ أَصْحَابَهُ لَمْ يَتَحَرَّكُوا فَاثْبُتُوا حَتَّى أُوذِنَكُمْ. فَإِنِّي قَدْ أَخْطَأْتُ الرَّجُلَ، وَإِنْ رَأَيْتُمْ الْقَوْمَ قَدْ اسْتَدَارُوا وَلَاثُوا بِهِ، فَقَدْ أَصَبْتُ الرَّجُلَ، فَاحْمِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ. ثُمَّ وَتَرَ قَوْسَهُ، وَكَانَتْ فِيمَا يَزْعُمُونَ لَا يُوتِرُهَا غَيْرُهُ مِنْ شِدَّتِهَا، وَأَمَرَ بِحَاجِبَيْهِ فَعُصِّبَا لَهُ، ثُمَّ رَمَاهُ، فَصَكَّ الْيَاقُوتَةَ الَّتِي بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ، فَتَغَلْغَلَتْ النُّشَّابَةُ فِي رَأْسِهِ حَتَّى خَرَجَتْ مِنْ قَفَاهُ، وَنُكِسْ عَنْ دَابَّتِهِ، وَاسْتَدَارَتْ الْحَبَشَةُ وَلَاثَتْ بِهِ وَحَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ الْفُرْسُ، وَانْهَزَمُوا، فَقُتِلُوا وَهَرَبُوا فِي كُلِّ وَجْهٍ، وَأَقْبَلَ وَهْرِزُ لِيَدْخُلَ صَنْعَاءَ، حَتَّى إذَا أَتَى بَابَهَا، قَالَ: لَا تَدْخُلُ رَايَتِي مُنَكَّسَةً أَبَدًا، اهْدِمُوا الْبَابَ فَهُدِمَ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَهَا نَاصِبًا رَايَتَهُ. فَقَالَ سَيْفُ بْنُ ذِي يَزَنَ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ:: يَظُنُّ النَّاسُ بِالْمَلْكَيْنِ أَنَّهُمَا قَدْ الْتَأَمَا وَمَنْ يَسْمَعْ بِلَأْمِهِمَا فَإِنَّ الْخَطْبَ قَدْ فَقُمَا قَتَلْنَا الْقَيْلَ مَسْرُوقًا وَرَوَّيْنَا الْكَثِيبَ دَمَا وَإِنَّ الْقَيْلَ قَيْلُ النَّاسِ وَهْرِزُ مُقْسِمٌ قَسَمَا يَذُوقُ مُشَعْشَعًا حَتَّى يُفِيءَ السَّبْيَ وَالنَّعما قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَهَذِهِ الْأَبْيَاتُ فِي أَبْيَاتٍ لَهُ. وَأَنْشَدَنِي خَلَّادُ بْنُ قُرَّةَ السَّدُوسِيُّ آخِرَهَا بَيْتًا لِأَعْشَى بَنِي قَيْسِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ فِي قَصِيدَةٍ لَهُ وَغَيْرُهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ بِالشِّعْرِ يُنْكِرُهَا لَهُ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَالَ أَبُو الصَّلْتِ بْنُ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ الثَّقَفِيُّ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَتُرْوَى لِأُمَيَّةِ بْنِ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ:: لِيَطْلُبَ الْوِتْرَ أَمْثَالُ ابْنِ ذِي يَزَنَ رَيَّمَ فِي الْبَحْرِ لِلْأَعْدَاءِ أَحْوَالَا يَمَّمَ قَيْصَرَ لَمَّا حَانَ رِحْلَتُهُ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ عِنْدَهُ بَعْضَ الَّذِي سَالَا ثُمَّ انْثَنَى نَحْوَ كِسْرَى بَعْدَ عَاشِرَةٍ مِنْ السِّنِينَ يُهِينُ النَّفْسَ وَالْمَالَا حَتَّى أَتَى بِبَنِي الْأَحْرَارِ يَحْمِلُهُمْ إنَّكَ عَمْرِي لَقَدْ أَسْرَعَتْ قِلْقَالَا لِلَّهِ دَرَّهُمْ مِنْ عُصْبَةٍ خَرَجُوا مَا إنْ رَأَى لَهُمْ فِي النَّاسِ أَمْثَالَا بِيضًا مَرَاربةً غُلْبًا أَسَاوِرَةً أُسْدًا تُرَبِّبُ فِي الْغَيْضَاتِ أَشْبَالَا يَرْمُونَ عَنْ شُدُفٍ كَأَنَّهَا غُبُطٌ بزَمْخرٍ يُعَجِّلُ الْمَرْمِيَّ إعْجَالَا أَرْسَلْتَ أُسْدًا عَلَى سُودِ الْكِلَابِ فَقَدْ أَضْحَى شَرِيدُهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ فُلَّالَا فَاشْرَبْ هَنِيئًا عَلَيْكَ التَّاجُ مُرْتَفِقًا فِي رَأْسِ غُمْدانَ دَارًا مِنْكَ مِحْلَالَا وَاشْرَبْ هَنِيئًا فَقَدْ شَالَتْ نَعَامَتُهُمْ وَأَسْبِلْ الْيَوْمَ فِي بُرْدَيْكَ إسْبَالَا تِلْكَ الْمَكَارِمُ لَا قَعْبَانَ مِنْ لَبَنٍ شِيبَا بِمَاءٍ فَعَادَا بَعْدُ أَبْوَالَا قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: هَذَا مَا صَحَّ لَهُ مِمَّا رَوَى ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ مِنْهَا، إلَّا آخِرَهَا بَيْتًا قَوْلُهُ: تِلْكَ الْمَكَارِمُ لَا قَعْبَانَ مِنْ لَبَنٍ فَإِنَّهُ لِلنَّابِغَةِ الْجَعْدِيِّ. وَاسْمُهُ ( حِبَّانُ بْنُ ) عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، أَحَدُ بَنِي جَعْدَةَ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ صَعْصَعَةَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ بَكْرِ بْنِ هَوَازِنَ، فِي قَصِيدَةٍ لَهُ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَالَ عَدِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدٍ الحِيريُّ، وَكَانَ أَحَدَ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ. قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: ثُمَّ أَحَدُ بَنِي امْرِئِ الْقَيْسِ بْنِ زَيْدِ مَنَاةَ بْنِ تَمِيمٍ، وَيُقَالُ: عَدِيٌّ مِنْ الْعِبَادِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْحِيرَةِ:: مَا بَعْدَ صَنْعَاءَ كَانَ يَعْمُرُهَا وُلَاةُ مُلْكٍ جَزْلٍ مَوَاهِبُهَا رَفَّعَهَا مَنْ بَنَى لَدَى قَزَعٍ الْمُزْنِ وَتَنْدَى مِسْكًا مَحَارِبُهَا مَحْفُوفَةٌ بِالْجِبَالِ دُونَ عُرَى الْكَائِدِ مَا تُرْتَقَى غُوَارِبُهَا يَأْنَسُ فِيهَا صَوْتُ النُّهَامِ إذَا جَاوَبَهَا بِالْعَشِيِّ قَاصِبُهَا سَاقَتْ إلَيْهَا الْأَسْبَابُ جُنْدُ بَنِي الْأَحْرَارِ فُرْسَانُهَا مَوَاكِبُهَا وفُوِّزَتْ بِالْبِغَالِ تُوسَقُ بِالْحَتْفِ وَتَسْعَى بِهَا تَوَالِبُهَا حَتَّى رَآهَا الْأَقْوَالُ مِنْ طَرَفِ الْمَنْقَلِ مُخْضَرَّةٌ كَتَائِبُهَا يَوْمَ يُنَادُونَ آلَ بَرْبَرٍ والْيَكْسُومُ لَا يُفْلِحُنَّ هَارِبُهَا وَكَانَ يَوْمُ بَاقِي الْحَدِيثِ وَزَالَتْ إِمَّةً ثَابِتٌ مَرَاتِبُهَا وَبُدِّلَ الْفَيْجُ بِالزَّرَافَةِ وَالْأَيَّامُ جُونٌ جَمٌّ عَجَائِبُهَا بَعْدَ بَنِي تُبَّعٍ نَخَاوِرَةٌ قَدْ اطْمَأَنَّتْ بِهَا مَرَازِبُهَا قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَهَذِهِ الْأَبْيَاتُ فِي قَصِيدَةٍ لَهُ. وَأَنْشَدَنِي أَبُو زَيْدٍ ( الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ) وَرَوَاهُ لِي عَنْ الْمُفَضَّلِ الضَّبِّيِّ، قَوْلَهُ: يَوْمَ يُنَادُونَ آلَ بَرْبَرٍ والْيَكْسُومُ إلَخْ
Translation
✧ [Wahrz and Sayf b. Dhī Yazan, their victory over Masrūq, and the poetry said about that] He appointed over them a man called Wahrz, who was an elder among them and the noblest of them in lineage and house. They set out in eight ships; two ships sank, and six ships reached the coast of Aden. Sayf gathered to Wahrz those he could of his people and said to him: "My foot is with your foot until we die together or prevail together." Wahrz said to him: "You have been fair." Masrūq b. Abrahah, king of Yemen, went out to him and gathered his troops to him. Wahrz sent to them a son of his to fight them and test their fighting; the son of Wahrz was killed, which increased his rancor against them. When the people faced each other in their ranks, Wahrz said: "Show me their king." They said to him: "Do you see a man on the elephant, his crown tied on his head, between his eyes a red ruby?" He said: "Yes." They said: "That is their king." He said: "Leave him." They stood for a long time. Then he said: "What is he on now?" They said: "He has moved to the horse." He said: "Leave him." They stood for a long time. Then he said: "What is he on now?" They said: "He has moved to the mule." Wahrz said: "Daughter of the donkey! He is abased and his kingdom is abased. I shall shoot him. If you see his companions not moving, stay put until I signal you; for then I have missed the man. But if you see the people wheeling around and clustering about him, I have hit the man, so charge them." Then he strung his bow—which, they claim, no one else could string because of its strength—and ordered that his eyebrows be bound up for him. Then he shot him, and the arrow struck the ruby between his eyes, and the arrow penetrated his head until it came out from the back of his neck. He toppled from his mount, and the Abyssinians wheeled around and clustered about him. The Persians charged them, and they were defeated, killed, and fled in every direction. Wahrz advanced to enter Ṣanʿāʾ, until when he reached its gate, he said: "My banner shall never enter lowered. Demolish the gate." So it was demolished, and he entered it with his banner raised. Sayf b. Dhī Yazan al-Ḥimyarī said: People think that the two kings have come together; Yet whoever hears of their joining, the affair has become grave. We killed the qayl Masrūq and drenched the dune with blood. Truly the qayl, qayl of the people, and Wahrz, who swears an oath, Shall taste a mixed drink until he returns the captives and the cattle. Ibn Hishām said: These verses are among verses of his. Khallād b. Qurrah al-Sadūsī recited to me the last of them as a verse by Aʿshā Banī Qays b. Thaʿlabah in a poem of his, but others among the scholars of poetry deny it is his. Ibn Isḥāq said: Abū al-Ṣalt b. Abī Rabīʿah al-Thaqafī said—Ibn Hishām said: It is also related from Umayyah b. Abī al-Ṣalt—: Let those like Ibn Dhī Yazan seek vengeance; He roamed the sea against enemies in changing states. He headed for Caesar when his departure came, But found with him not some of what he asked. Then he turned toward Kisrā after ten Years of demeaning soul and wealth, Until he brought the sons of the freeborn, carrying them— By my life, you hastened a great shaking. How excellent were they, a band that went forth, The like of whom none has seen among people— White, Marāribah, thick-necked, Asāwirah, Lions that rear in thickets cubs. They shoot from bows like camel saddles, With Zammkhar arrows, hastening the one shot to his fate. You sent lions against black dogs, and now Their scattered remnant in the land is broken. So drink comfortably; upon you is the crown, resting At the top of Ghumdān, a dwelling from you, a place to alight. And drink comfortably; their ostrich has taken flight, And let down today your two cloaks in full length. Those are the noble deeds, not two wooden bowls of milk Mixed with water that then turn into urine. Ibn Hishām said: This is what is sound for him of what Ibn Isḥāq related of it, except for its last verse, his saying: "Those are the noble deeds, not two wooden bowls of milk," for it is by al-Nābighah al-Jaʿdī—his name being Ḥibbān b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Qays, one of the Banū Jaʿdah b. Kaʿb b. Rabīʿah b. ʿĀmir b. Ṣaʿṣaʿah b. Muʿāwiyah b. Bakr b. Hawāzin—in a poem of his. Ibn Isḥāq said: ʿAdī b. Zayd al-Ḥīrī said—and he was one of the Banū Tamīm. Ibn Hishām said: Then one of the Banū Imriʾ al-Qays b. Zayd Manāh b. Tamīm; and it is said: ʿAdī was of the ʿIbād from the people of al-Ḥīrah—: What is left of Ṣanʿāʾ, which was inhabited by Governors of a kingdom whose gifts were abundant, Raised it up he who built it by the rain-clouds' fringe, And its sanctuaries exude musk. It is girt by mountains, beyond the reach Of the schemer, whose summits cannot be climbed. In it the sound of the ostriches is familiar when The piper answers them in the evening. The causes drove toward it the army of the freeborn, Whose horsemen and processions; And it was set apart with mules, laden With death, and its raiders hastened with them, Until the aqwāl saw it from the side Of al-Manqal, its squadrons green. On the day they call out, "O family of Barbar and al-Yaksūm! May its fugitives not prosper!" And that was the day of the rest of the tale; a community vanished Whose ranks were firm. And the foot-messenger was replaced by the giraffe, and the days Are dark, with many wonders. After the Banū Tubbaʿ, they are Nabat-like, Whose marzbāns have settled in it. Ibn Hishām said: These verses are in a poem of his. Abū Zayd al-Anṣārī recited to me, and he related it to me from al-Mufaḍḍal al-Ḍabbī, his saying: "On the day they call out, 'O family of Barbar and al-Yaksūm!' etc."
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