Sirat Ibn Hisham 81
The story of the king of al-Ḥaḍr
[ دُخُولُ سَابُورَ الْحَضْرَ، وَزَوَاجُهُ بِنْتِ سَاطِرُونَ، وَمَا وَقَعَ بَيْنَهُمَا ] وَكَانَ كِسْرَى سَابُورُ ذُو الْأَكْتَافِ غَزَا سَاطِرُونَ مَلِكِ الْحَضْرِ، فَحَصَرَهُ سَنَتَيْنِ، فَأَشْرَفَتْ بِنْتُ سَاطِرُونَ يَوْمًا، فَنَظَرَتْ إلَى سَابُورَ وَعَلَيْهِ ثِيَابُ دِيبَاجٍ، وَعَلَى رَأْسِهِ تَاجٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ مُكَلَّلٌ بِالزَّبَرْجَدِ وَالْيَاقُوتِ وَاللُّؤْلُؤِ، وَكَانَ جَمِيلًا، فَدَسَّتْ إلَيْهِ: أَتَتَزَوَّجُنِي إنْ فَتَحْتُ لَكَ بَابَ الْحَضْرِ ؟ فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَلَمَّا أَمْسَى سَاطِرُونَ شَرِبَ حَتَّى سَكِرَ، وَكَانَ لَا يَبِيتُ إلَّا سَكْرَانَ. فَأَخَذَتْ مَفَاتِيحَ بَابِ الْحَضْرِ مِنْ تَحْتِ رَأْسِهِ، فَبَعَثَتْ بِهَا مَعَ مَوْلًى لَهَا، فَفَتَحَ الْبَابَ، فَدَخَلَ سَابُورُ، فَقَتَلَ سَاطِرُونَ، وَاسْتَبَاحَ الْحَضْرَ وَخَرَّبَهُ، وَسَارَ بِهَا مَعَهُ فَتَزَوَّجَهَا. فَبَيْنَا هِيَ نَائِمَةٌ عَلَى فِرَاشِهَا لَيْلًا إذْ جَعَلَتْ تَتَمَلْمَلُ لَا تَنَامُ، فَدَعَا لَهَا بِشَمْعِ، فَفُتِّشَ فِرَاشُهَا، فَوُجِدَ عَلَيْهِ وَرَقَةُ آسٍ، فَقَالَ لَهَا سَابُورُ: أَهَذَا الَّذِي أَسْهَرَكَ ؟ قَالَتْ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَمَا كَانَ أَبُوكَ يَصْنَعُ بِكِ ؟ قَالَتْ: كَانَ يَفْرِشُ لِي الدِّيبَاجَ، وَيُلْبِسُنِي الْحَرِيرَ، وَيُطْعِمُنِي الْمُخَّ، وَيَسْقِينِي الْخَمْرَ، قَالَ: أَفَكَانَ جَزَاءُ أَبِيكَ مَا صَنَعْتِ بِهِ ؟ أَنْتَ إلَيَّ بِذَلِكَ أَسْرَعُ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهَا فَرُبِطَتْ قُرُونُ رَأْسِهَا بِذَنَبِ فَرَسٍ، ثُمَّ رَكَضَ الْفَرَسُ حَتَّى قَتَلَهَا. فَفِيهِ يَقُولُ أَعْشَى بَنِي قَيْسِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ:: أَلَمْ تَرَ لِلْحَضْرِ إذْ أَهْلُهُ بِنُعْمَى وَهَلْ خَالِدٌ مِنْ نِعَمْ أَقَامَ بِهِ شاهَبُورُ الْجُنُودَ حَوْلَيْنِ تَضْرِبُ فِيهِ الْقُدُمْ فَلَمَّا دَعَا رَبَّهُ دَعْوَةً أَنَابَ إلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَنْتَقِمْ وَهَذِهِ الْأَبْيَاتُ فِي قَصِيدَةٍ لَهُ
Translation
✧ [The entry of Sābūr into al-Ḥaḍr, his marriage to the daughter of Sāṭirūn, and what took place between them] Kisrā Sābūr Dhū al-Aktāf raided Sāṭirūn, king of al-Ḥaḍr, and besieged him for two years. One day the daughter of Sāṭirūn looked out and saw Sābūr wearing silk brocade garments, and on his head a crown of gold studded with chrysolite, rubies, and pearls, and he was handsome. She sent word to him secretly: "Will you marry me if I open the gate of al-Ḥaḍr for you?" He said: "Yes." When evening came, Sāṭirūn drank until he became drunk, and he never spent the night except drunk. She took the keys to the gate of al-Ḥaḍr from under his head and sent them with a servant of hers, and he opened the gate. Sābūr entered, killed Sāṭirūn, plundered al-Ḥaḍr, and destroyed it. He took her with him and married her. While she was lying on her bed at night, she began tossing and turning, unable to sleep. He called for a candle, and her bed was searched, and a myrtle leaf was found on it. Sābūr said to her: "Is this what kept you awake?" She said: "Yes." He said: "What did your father used to do for you?" She said: "He used to spread silk brocade for me, clothe me in silk, feed me marrow, and give me wine to drink." He said: "Was this the reward of your father for what you did to him? You would be quicker to do that to me." Then he ordered her to be tied by the locks of her hair to the tail of a horse, and the horse was made to gallop until it killed her. About this the poet Aʿshā of Banū Qays b. Thaʿlaba says: Did you not see al-Ḥaḍr when its people were in prosperity? And is Khālid free of such bounties? Shāhābūr stationed the troops there for two years, striking it with their vanguard. Then he called upon his Lord with a call, turning to Him, and he did not avenge. These verses are in an ode of his.
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