Salma bint Attab's two verses on the day of Banu al-Anbar

Two verses that Ibn Ishaq gives after the account of the captivity of Banu al-Anbar in the expedition of Uyayna ibn Hisn, in the words of Salma bint Attab. ¹ Their sense is that Adi ibn Jundub, a clan of Banu al-Anbar in Ibn Hisham's account, fell into a steep and dangerous pit of trouble, and that enemies surrounded him from every side while his honour and his fortune were absent from him. ¹ The museum gives the sense here rather than the text; the text is read in the edition.

The two verses come between a list of those of Banu al-Anbar who were killed and taken captive, and the verses of al-Farazdaq that Ibn Hisham gives about al-Aqra ibn Habis and his release of the captives. The first is a lament for the defeated, and the second is praise for the intercessor. ¹