Sirat Ibn Hisham 883
What poetry was recited about the day of Badr
وَقَالَ ضِرَارُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ بْنِ مِرْدَاسٍ، أَخُو بَنِي مُحَارِبِ بْنِ فِهْرٍ، فِي يَوْمِ بَدْرٍ: عَجِبْتُ لِفَخْرِ الْأَوْسِ وَالْحَيْنُ دَائِرٌ عَلَيْهِمْ غَدًا وَالدَّهْرُ فِيهِ بَصَائِرُ وَفَخْرُ بَنِي النَّجَّارِ إنْ كَانَ مَعْشَرٌ أُصِيبُوا بِبَدْرٍ كُلُّهُمْ ثَمَّ صَابِرُ فَإِنْ تَكُ قَتْلَى غُودِرَتْ مِنْ رِجَالِنَا فَإِنَّا رِجَالٌ بَعْدَهُمْ سَنُغَادِرُ وَتَرْدِي بِنَا الْجُرْدُ الْعَنَاجِيجُ وَسَطكُمْ بَنِي الْأَوْسِ حَتَّى يَشْفِي النَّفْسَ ثَائِرٌ وَوَسْطَ بَنِي النَّجَّارِ سَوْفَ نَكُرُّهَا لَهَا بِالْقَنَا وَالدَّارِعِينَ زَوَافِرُ فَنَتْرُكُ صَرْعَى تَعْصِبُ الطَّيْرُ حَوْلَهُمْ وَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ إلَّا الْأَمَانِيُّ نَاصِرُ وَتَبْكِيهِمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ يَثْرِبَ نِسْوَةٌ لَهُنَّ بِهَا لَيْلٌ عَنْ النَّوْمِ سَاهِرُ وَذَلِكَ أَنَّا لَا تَزَالُ سُيُوفُنَا بِهِنَّ دَمٌ مِمَّنْ يُحَارَبْنَ مَائِرُ فَإِنْ تَظْفَرُوا فِي يَوْمِ بَدْرٍ فَإِنَّمَا بِأَحْمَدَ أَمْسَى جَدُّكُمْ وَهُوَ ظَاهِرُ وَبِالنَّفَرِ الْأَخْيَارِ هُمْ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُ يُحَامُونَ فِي الَّلأْوَاءِ وَالْمَوْتُ حَاضِرُ يُعَدُّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَحَمْزَةُ فِيهِمْ وَيُدْعَى عَلِيٌّ وَسْطَ مَنْ أَنْتَ ذَاكِرُ وَيُدْعَى أَبُو حَفْصٍ وَعُثْمَانُ مِنْهُمْ وَسَعْدٌ إذَا مَا كَانَ فِي الْحَرْبِ حَاضِرُ أُولَئِكَ لَا مَنْ نَتَّجَتْ فِي دِيَارِهَا بَنُو الْأَوْسِ وَالنَّجَّارِ حَيْنَ تُفَاخِرُ وَلَكِنْ أَبُوهُمْ مِنْ لُؤَيِّ بْنِ غَالِبٍ إذَا عُدَّتْ الْأَنْسَابُ كَعْبٌ وَعَامِرُ هُمْ الطَّاعِنُونَ الْخَيْلَ فِي كُلِّ مَعْرَكٍ غَدَاةَ الْهِيَاجِ الْأَطْيَبُونَ الْأَكَاثِرُ
Translation
✧ Ḍirār b. al-Khaṭṭāb b. Mirdās, brother of the Banū Muḥārib b. Fihr, said concerning the day of Badr: I marvel at the boasting of Aws while ruin tomorrow circles over them, and time has its clarities, and at the boasting of Banū al-Najjār—if a band was struck at Badr, all of them there were steadfast. If they are slain of our men who were left behind, then we are men after them who will leave others behind. The short-haired, swift horses will trample into your midst, Banū Aws, until a revenge-seeker satisfies the soul, and into the midst of Banū al-Najjār we shall wheel them again with spears, while the armored ones are supports. We shall leave fallen ones around whom birds wind, and they have none but wishes as a helper. Women of Yathrib will weep for them, having through them a night sleepless from slumber. That is because our swords never cease to have blood flowing from those they fight. If you triumph on the day of Badr, it is only because through Aḥmad your fortune has become manifest and prevailing, and through the chosen band who are his allies, defending in hardship while death is present. Among them are numbered Abū Bakr and Ḥamzah, and ʿAlī is named in the midst of those you mention; Abū Ḥafṣ and ʿUthmān are named among them, and Saʿd when he is present in war. Those are the ones—not those whom Banū Aws and al-Najjār produced in their homes when you boast. Rather their father is from Luʾayy b. Ghālib—when lineages are counted—Kaʿb and ʿĀmir. They are the piercers of horses in every battlefield on the morning of battle, the best and most numerous.
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