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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BLIND MAN, by NAZHUN Poet's Biography
First Line: All dumbly you'd behold
Last Line: There sways a slender bough.
Alternate Author Name(s): Nazhun Al-garnatiya Bint Al-qulai’iy
Subject(s): Al-kutandi; Blindness; Poetry & Poets; Visually Handicapped
First Line: All dumbly you'd behold
Last Line: There sways a slender bough.
Alternate Author Name(s): Nazhun Al-garnatiya Bint Al-qulai’iy
Subject(s): Al-kutandi; Blindness; Poetry & Poets; Visually Handicapped
The poet al-Kutandi challenged the blind al-Makhzumi
to complete the following verses:
If you had eyes to view
The man who speaks with you --
The blind man failed to discover a suitable continuation,
but Nazhun who happened to be present improvized after this fashion:
All dumbly you'd behold
His anklets' shining gold.
The rising moon, it seems,
In his bright buttons gleams,
And in his gown, I trow,
There sways a slender bough.
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