Sirat Ibn Hisham 950
Ḥanẓalah, the one washed by the angels
[ شِعْرُ الْأَسْوَدِ فِي قَتْلِهِمَا حَنْظَلَةَ وَأَبَا سُفْيَانَ ] ( قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ ): وَقَالَ شَدَّادُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ فِي قَتْلِهِ حَنْظَلَةَ: لَأَحْمِيَنَّ صَاحِبِي وَنَفْسِي بِطَعْنَةِ مِثْلِ شُعَاعِ الشَّمْسِ وَقَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَهُوَ يَذْكُرُ صَبْرَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، وَمُعَاوَنَةَ ابْنِ شَعُوبٍ إيَّاهُ عَلَى حَنْظَلَةَ: وَلَوْ شِئْتُ نَجَّتْنِي كُمَيْتٌ طِمَرَّةٍ وَلَمْ أَحْمِلْ النَّعْمَاءَ لِابْنِ شَعُوبِ وَمَا زَالَ مُهْرِي مَزْجَرَ الْكَلْبِ مِنْهُمْ لَدُنْ غُدْوَةٍ حَتَّى دَنَتْ لِغُرُوبِ أُقَاتِلُهُمْ وَأَدَّعِي يَا لَغَالِبٍ وَأَدْفَعُهُمْ عَنِّي بِرُكْنٍ صَلِيبِ فَبَكِّي وَلَا تَرْعَى مَقَالَةَ عَاذِلٍ وَلَا تَسْأَمِي مِنْ عَبْرَةٍ وَنَحِيبِ أَبَاكِ وَإِخْوَانًا لَهُ قَدْ تَتَابَعُوا وَحُقَّ لَهُمْ مِنْ عَبْرَةٍ بِنَصِيبِ وَسَلَّى الَّذِي قَدْ كَانَ فِي النَّفْسِ أَنَّنِي قَتَلْتُ مِنْ النَّجَّارِ كُلَّ نَجِيبِ وَمِنْ هَاشِمٍ قَرْمًا كَرِيمًا وَمُصْعَبًا وَكَانَ لَدَى الْهَيْجَاءِ غَيْرُ هَيُوبِ وَلَوْ أَنَّنِي لَمْ أَشْفِ نَفْسِي مِنْهُمْ لَكَانَتْ شَجًا فِي الْقَلْبِ ذَاتَ نُدُوبِ فَآبَوْا وَقَدْ أَوْدَى الْجَلَابِيبُ مِنْهُمْ بِهِمْ خَدَبٌ مِنْ مُعْطِبٍ وَكَئِيبِ أَصَابَهُمْ مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِدِمَائِهِمْ كِفَاءً وَلَا فِي خُطَّةٍ بِضَرِيبِ
Translation
✧ [Poem of al-Aswad on their killing Ḥanẓalah and Abū Sufyān] (Ibn Isḥāq said): Shaddād b. al-Aswad said concerning his killing Ḥanẓalah: I will surely protect my companion and myself With a thrust like the rays of the sun. And Abū Sufyān b. Ḥarb said, mentioning his steadfastness on that day and the assistance of Ibn Shaʿūb to him against Ḥanẓalah: Had I wished, a dark bay long-bodied mare would have saved me, And I would not have borne the favour to Ibn Shaʿūb. My colt did not cease to be the place where the dog of them is driven away, From early morning until it drew near to setting. I fight them and call out, "O for Ghālib!", And I push them away from me with a firm pillar. So weep, and do not heed the words of a censurer, And do not weary of tears and wailing. For your father and brothers who followed one another, For them tears were due as a share. And what was in the soul was consoled that I Killed every noble one of the Najjār. And from Hāshim a noble chief and Muṣʿab, He was not a coward in the battle. Had I not assuaged my soul of them, It would have been a splinter in the heart with scars. They returned, and the cloaks among them had been destroyed; Upon them was a calamity of one who perishes and is grieved. There befell them one who was not a match for their blood, Nor in a plan was he a striker.
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