شعر بشار بن برد – هل من دواء لمشغوف بجارية

Poem Translation:

My ear hath loved a maiden fair and bright,
For oft the ear doth fall in love ere sight.
They mocked, “Thou raves of one thou hast not seen!”
Yet ear, like eye, doth to the heart convene.
Say, is there cure for one so lost in woe,
Whose soul revives whene’er her face doth show?

Poem Explanation:

Bashar ibn Burd, being blind, presents a powerful argument that love is not solely the domain of sight—one can fall in love through words and sounds. He refutes those who ridicule his love for someone he has never seen, asserting that the ear conveys emotions just as effectively as the eye. The poem concludes with a rhetorical question, expressing the helplessness of one deeply enamored, who finds solace only in the presence of his beloved. The tone is passionate, philosophical, and slightly melancholic.