By Nizami Ganjavi (1192) also called Layla and Magnun or Leili o Majun is an epic love poem composed in 584 / 1188 by the great Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi. [14][15], Azerbaijani composer Gara Garayev wrote a symphonic poem, Layla and Majnun, first performed in Baku in September 29, 1947 at the solemn evening in honor of the 800th anniversary of Nizami Ganjavi, and the one-act ballet Leyli and Majnun based on the poem. Your email address will not be published. Yo-Yo Ma envisioned a version with a dance component and invited the choreographer Mark Morris to direct and choreograph it. Indeed, the story of Layla and Majnun can be interpreted entirely as a metaphor for spiritual love in the Sufi tradition. "Layla" is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, originally recorded by Derek and the Dominos, as the thirteenth track from their only studio album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970). Later Sufi poets such as Rumi and Hafez make frequent references to the story and its interpretation as an allegory of spiritual love in their poems. Who was Layla, and what is the story behind the song? by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon Based on Nizami's 12th century epic poem, "Leyli and Majnun" Nizami took the many fragments from the Arabian stories and wove them into a cohesive narrative, embellished with touches characteristic of Persian epic poetry like lush descriptions of nature and gardens. In death, the lovers finally unite. Eric Clapton read this poem and thought of his unrequited, doomed love for Patty Boyd, the wife of George Harrison. I remember being surprised by my response as I read—like everyone else, I knew the inevitable outcome. Layla and Majnun was translated from Persian into English in 1788 by Sir William Jones, the philologist who lived in Calcutta and wrote Persian poetry under the pen name Youns Uksfardi. Layla and Majnun is a cultural touchstone in South Asia, where the very names of the legendary lovers are conjoined, “Laila-Majnu,” and “Majnun” is used as a description of someone hopelessly in love. Eric was given a book by Ian Dallas called The Story of Layla and Majnun, written by Nizami Ganjavi. When his father forbade the marriage, Qays went mad and began to wander the desert (Majnun is Arabic for 'madman'). Set around the 7th century AD, it was first written in prose by Nizami Ganjavi. Characters: Majnun Knowing of his devotion to his parents, Layla was determined to send Majnun word of their passing. I don’t remember an exact moment when I became aware of the story; Laila-Majnu was soaked into cultural references, and I absorbed it by osmosis. He was found dead near her grave, his three final verses of poetry carved on a rock nearby. Even though the romance didn't last, Eric Clapton's song "Layla" has maintained its popularity and is considered by some to be one of rock music's definitive love songs. Nizami shows that the experience of a loving person and an ascetic is similar, except that the ascetic acts deliberately, while the lover suffers from the power of love. But I couldn’t stop reading, drawn to the gorgeously written tragedy like a moth to the flame, to quote the Sufi poets whose works continually reference Layla and Majnun. Majnun is refused. Round one: act out as it occurs in the story using the evidence you have been given. . Hers is the masterful recap of a distinctive, legendary tale of unrequited love. [9][4], The poem was translated into Russian by Eugene Bertels (a small prose translation from the poem), T. Forsch,[10] but the first full edition appeared with a poetic translation into Russian (completely) by Pavel Antokolsky. Its contrasting movements were reportedly composed separately by Clapton and Gordon. From its earliest incarnations, Layla and Majnun has provided a supple narrative template that can be easily embroidered to suit local tastes. Ernst has compellingly woven together history, myth, music and choreography. Instead, Layla was promised to another – an older man from a neighbouring village. This poem is included in "Khamsa" and was written in 1188 in Persian. I have seen and read many interpretations of, and commentaries on, Layla and Majnun. The complete script for Laila and Majnun is available as are Sepanta's other manuscripts. Their upraised hands and faces, torn with emotion, seem to echo their words, as do their bodies, swaying in the aftermath of the sung poetry. The 12th-century poem was based on an Arabian … Layla remained devoted to Majnun … [4], The Arab-Bedouin legend was modified by Nizami. In the last section, all four pairs of lovers dance together before dying. The voices of the singers, Alim Qasimov, the renowned master of mugham singing from Azerbaijan, and his daughter and protege, Fargana Qasimova, rise above the dance, pure and clear as cold water, wrenching as a knife to the heart. He knew he wanted to produce it. But even though Layla did not love her husband, she was a loyal daughter and so remained a faithful wife. The dance is a marvel of choreography that evokes emotion through execution and timing. Some years ago, Qasimov proposed a shorter, more universally accessible version to Yo-Yo Ma of the Silk Road Ensemble, which resulted in a 45-minute chamber music version that toured the world in 2008 and 2009. The Story of Layla and Majnun, by Nizami. The ostensibly tragic end then becomes an allegory of the longing of the soul to be reunited with the beloved (God). Layli and Majnun: Love, Madness and Mystic Longing, Dr. Ali Asghar Seyed-Gohrab, Brill Studies in Middle Eastern literature, Jun 2003. The painting is titled Love and Death, a fitting backdrop to a recent collaboration between the Mark Morris Dance Group and the Silk Road Ensemble based on the ancient love story of Layla and Majnun. Pergi menziarahi makam Laila. Rustam Aliyev carried out a complete philological prosaic translation of the work from Persian into Russian. It is a classical Arab story popularized by a Persian poet by the name of Nizami Ganjavi whom wrote this masterpiece based on a true story of a young man called Majnun in Arabic meaning madman. Majnūn, which means 'possessed by spirits' or 'crazy', was the name given to the semi-legendary seventh-century Arab poet Qays ibn Mulawwaḥ when he reputedly became mad with love for Laylá, his cousin. Various versions exist, but at the core of each is a love that cannot be. Onstage the dancers swirl in and out of complex formations on a multilevel set, filing around the musicians, who are grouped in the center of the stage. They could be any of us, lovestruck and shunned from our community, longing for union with the beloved. Individual authors or rights holders retain all other rights. What could they have done against it?”. The legend continues to be reborn in new forms and expressions. The definitive version of the story was written in the twelth-century by the poet Nizami Ganjavi, writing in Persian in present-day Azerbaijan. This article is beautifully written. Layla and Majnun or Leyli va Majnun (aka Leili-o-Majnun or Laili-o-Majnoon) is a 1937 Iranian romance film produced in 1937 by Abdolhossein Sepanta by the East India Film Studios.. [19], Azerbaijani artist Mikayil Abdullayev made mosaic panels at the Nizami Ganjavi subway station of the Baku Metro depicting the heroes of the poem.[20]. The men jump and leap in the masculine posturing of Eastern European wedding dances, while the women filter in on seamless steps, as though floating on water. This will be a right off the bat answer. Many years later, Majnun’s father and mother both passed away. Majnun’s father takes him on a pilgrimage to Mecca to try to get him back on track, but Majnun prays only for his love to become stronger. Nothing works out. [5], The poet Qays[1] fell in love with his cousin Layla, but Layla had to marry another man: Qays went insane and retired to the desert, where he composed poems dedicated to the beloved Layla. In some versions a sympathetic nobleman wages an unsuccessful war against Layla’s tribe on the lovers’ behalf. In brief, Qays ibn al-Mulawwah of the Banu ‘Amir tribe falls in love with his classmate Layla bint Sa‘d. Although Layla, too, is truly smitten by love, it is Qays who publicly and unreservedly pronounces his obsessive passion in elegiac lyrics, thus earning the epithet Majnun (literally, “possessed” or “mad”). It is based on the story of the ancient Arabic legend "Layla and Majnun" about the unhappy love[3] of the young man Qays, nicknamed "Majnun" ("The Madman"), towards beautiful Layla. [4], An opera, Leyli and Majnun composed by the Azerbaijani composer Uzeyir Hajibayov, was premiered in 1908. He had already given his heart to Layla before he understood what he was giving away. The singers are seated dead center on a raised platform, their continuo musicians, on tar and kamanche, next to them. The marriage ended unhappily in divorce in 1988. Most people can relate to the feeling of madness and obsession that love can inspire, even if their own lives are more prosaic. The poem is based on a semi historical and mystical Arabian love story about 7th century Nejdi Bedouin poet Qays ibn Al-Mulawwah and the woman he loves Layla bint Mahdi (also known as Layla al-Aamariya.) The Azerbaijani language adaptation of the story, Dâstân-ı Leylî vü Mecnûn (داستان ليلى و مجنون; "The Epic of Layla and Majnun") was written in the 16th century by Fuzûlî and Hagiri Tabrizi. This article should be included in forthcoming performance programs. Working within the structure of the Azerbaijani opera, based itself on a notable poetic version by the Azerbaijani poet Fuzuli, the production centers the story within storytelling and musical structures that uphold the cultural shorthand of the story, while also allowing those who are unfamiliar with the legend to experience it in an authentic way. Layla and Majnun are even believed to be buried in Rajasthan, contrary to historical probability and the narrative consensus of centuries; their purported tombs draw thousands of newlyweds each June for an annual pilgrimage. Its contrasting movements were reportedly composed separately by Clapton and Gordon. Layla, I’m begging, darling, please. I finally read the story as a teenager, when an elderly Parsi gentleman gave me an English translation on a later visit to India. In the past, Layla has been depicted as a … It was based on a full-scale dramatic poem by Nizami and was Sepanta's fifth produced film that had sound. The story of Layla and Majnun is an old Arabic tale of ill-fated lovers, loosely connected with the life of a 7th century poet, Qays ibn Mulawwah.It has been told and retold many times over, and like all tales told and retold, the original story has acquired twists and permutations. In his commentary on Majnun's speech, the narrator always takes his side, which affects the reader's interpretation. [4], As in Arabic sources, Nizami refers to the poetic genius of Majnun at least 30 times. Majnun retreats to the wilderness, surrounded by wild animals, as his love poetry becomes known far and wide. The story has proved remarkably durable over the centuries as different cultures have found novel ways of reimagining and adapting it as their own. A friend had given Clapton a translation of Nizami’s poem, and he saw the parallels between the story and his own hopeless love: “Layla, you’ve got me on my knees. This story has been told in many different forms, it is the the story of Layla and Majnun. In Layla and Majnun there is a sense that Qays the poet is a helpless victim of Layla’s intoxicating beauty. In the prologue and epilogue, Nizami gives advice to the reader about various topics such as the transience of life, death, humility, etc. [4], In picturesque images, Majnun is portrayed as an emaciated ascetic. [1][2] This poem is included in "Khamsa" and was written in 1188 in Persian. He got a translation of Layla and Majnun by Persian poet Nizami (1141-1209), read it — and was instantly hooked. The travelers said that Majnun spent his days reciting poetry to himself and writing in the sand with a long stick; they said that he truly was driven to madness by a broken heart. For instance, Aga Mirek,[13] Mir Seid Ali, Muzaffar Ali created such miniatures. Seen in this light, Majnun’s single-minded devotion to Layla, which is interpreted as madness by society, becomes instead the expression of the seeker, one who is intoxicated with God. The earliest versions were loosely connected anecdotes characteristic of the Udri genre of Arabic poetry, which focuses on stories of unrequited, platonic love. ), South Writ Large | Issue: Winter 2018 | Layla and Majnun: The Love Story That Inspired Eric Clapton, Yo-Yo Ma, and Mark Morris. Gelpke in collaboration with E. Mattin and G. Hill, Omega Publications, 1966, This page was last edited on 14 December 2020, at 01:30. Layla, being forced to marry, dies cause of love for Qays, being buried in a wedding dress. Original question: Who wrote the song Layla? This is the legend of Layla and Majnun Once, a boy of exceeding beauty was born into the family of a noble Shaykh. The result was a 70-minute dance drama that premiered in 2016 in Berkeley, California, toured to several U.S. cities in 2016 and 2017, and had its New York premiere at Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival last fall. Layla died shortly after the death of her husband, openly mourning her love of Majnun. Layla and Majnun Lord Byron described the Persian story of Laylá (Laylī) and Majnūn as the 'Romeo and Juliet of the East'. Around them, the musicians conjure a caravan of sound, familiar and exotic at the same time. Majnun is presented as a poet who is able to compose dazzling verses in various poetic genres. [12], This romantic poem belongs to the genre of "Udri" (otherwise "Odri"). [4] There are 4600 stanzas in the poem. The forbidden love story of Layla and Qays (Majnun). Because it can be interpreted on different levels—as romantic or spiritual love—it continues to inspire fascination up to the present. Nizami drew upon various oral anecdotes reported in earlier Arabic sources to develop a multi-layered story which he wrote in a rhyming couplet masnawi form. As the two grow older, the intensity of their love increases. Upon learning of Laylas death, Majnun comes to her grave and dies there. Behind them all, a huge abstract painting by the late painter, Howard Hodgkin, jagged lines of electric green and salmon, seems to shift colors as the piece goes on. Morris has made an unusual decision to parcel out the roles of Layla and Majnun to four pairs of dancers, thereby universalizing the experience of the lovers. In the late 19th century, Ahmed Shawqi wrote a lyrical play based on Fuzuli’s poetry, now considered one of the best in modern Arab poetry. The would-be lovers, Qays and Layla, meet as children in school and fall deeply in love. Majnun, who spent his entire life searching and longing for his love, but would only unite with her in death, is the ultimate depiction of love and desire for God – and Layla, the reflection of the beloved divine one.”. The story of Layla and Majnun invokes a love that transcends the lovers’ experience of themselves, representing the potential of a spiritual love beyond human expression. In 1188, the Persian poet, Nizami, wrote his great poem, containing some 4,600 verses. Nizami slightly modified the plot: Qays goes crazy with love, and that's why Layla's parents reject him. He also transferred the development of the plot to the urban environment and decorated the narrative with descriptions of nature as well. The Mark Morris Dance Group’s production contextualizes Layla and Majnun through its link with the Azerbaijani opera and mugham singing, placing it within a cultural context that contains the full spectrum of interpretations. Th She fared no better. Laila-Majnun ini adalah cerita kisah nyata dari negara jazirah Arab,menceritakan tentang kisah percintaan dua insan yaitu Laila dan Majnun. The story of Layla and Majnun is, as English poet Lord Byron put it, ‘the Romeo and Juliet of the East’. The story of Layla and Majnun was known in Persia as early as the 9th century. Layla was forced to marry this other man, although she did not love him because her heart still belonged to Majnun. This poem is considered as the first literary processing of the legend. Cukup sampai 30 halaman sajalah saya mengikuti kisah Layla dan Qays. [18] A year later, the eponymous film based on the poem was shot at the film studio "Azerbaijanfilm" (the role of Majnun was performed by Nedar Shashik-ogly). It resulted in his song Layla. He was named Kais, and as he matured it became obvious to all that he would one day become a source of great pride to his family and tribe. "Layla and Majnun" (Persian لیلی و مجنون) is the third poem of the classic of Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209, Ganja). A fire had been lit in both—and each reflected the other. Last edited on 14 December 2020, at 01:30, "The Legend of Leyli and Majnun - Welcome to Iran", "Poem: From the Tale of "Laili and Majnun" by James Atkinson", "Translations of Layla and Majnun into Russian", "Photo report: The Persian artist Aga Mirek : theological portal Bogoslov.Ru", "The First Eastern Opera "Leyli and Majnun, "Opera "Layla and Majnun" by Uzeyir Hajibeyov", "The Virginal Love of Layla Majnun – Good Times", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Layla_and_Majnun_(Nizami_Ganjavi_poem)&oldid=994086850, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. [6] The couple united only after death. Don't laugh at it When I addressed you in words as cautious as the From Jedda to Isfahan, Baku to New Delhi and beyond, Layla and Majnun has been reinterpreted over the centuries through epic poems, paintings, dramas, movies, ballets, operas, pop songs, and television shows. The story is believed to have originated in the Bedouin storytelling traditions of seventh-century Arabia. LAYLA AND MAJNUN Poem by Michael Roes.My folly bakes stones. This motif is evident in Eric Clapton’s song, “Layla,” which he wrote in 1970, reportedly after falling in love with Pattie Boyd Harrison, the wife of his good friend, George Harrison. Eventually, Layla dies of a broken heart, and Majnun rushes to her grave and dies. [11], The poem was translated into Azerbaijani by the poet Samad Vurgun in 1939. Lacking the cultural shorthand built over centuries in the Middle East and Central and South Asia that created a structure for interpreting the story on multiple levels, Layla and Majnun came to represent the idea simply of hopeless love or the experience of being driven to distraction by love. At other times they embody pure emotion, the ecstasy of love, the agony of separation, in the sway of a torso, the sideways lift of a leg, a dancer standing there with arms down, heart open. Characters: Majnun Layla’s father. The Azerbaijani adaptation of the story, Dâstân-i Leylî vü Mecnûn (The Epic of Layla and Majnun) was written in the 16th century by Fuzûlî, pseudonym of the poet Muhammad bin Suleyman. Forum: replay the action. In the early sections, each pair, identified by their scarves, represents the lovers at a different stage—as children innocently in love, youths trying to elude their disapproving families, adults lost in the wilderness of their impossible love, and finally in a dramatic tableau at Layla’s unwanted wedding. This time Majnun must question the father’s reasoning and show the strength of his emotion. The translation was made by an English orientalist and translator James Atkinson. Situation: Majnun asks Layla’s father if he can marry her. . Translated Dr. Rudolf. [17], In 1960, the first Tajik ballet film called “Layla and Majnun” was shot based on the poem at the Tajikfilm studio. This latest multinational reimagining of the story draws on a 1908 Azerbaijani opera by the composer Uzeyir Hajibeyli that combines mugham, a style of modal, improvisatory singing from Azerbaijan, with orchestral sections in the style of European opera. As Nizami says (translated by Gelpke), “A fire had been lit in both—and each reflected the other. Im incredibly proud of that song. The album’s mega-hit single, Layla, was said to have been written for Boyd. [7], The first translation of the work was a shortened poem in English. Leyla. The poem is dedicated to Shirvanshah Ahsitan I, and was written on his order. It still knocks me out when I play it. But as Layla’s beauty grows, and Qays’s devotion becomes more extreme, he becomes known as “Majnun”—literally “possessed by djinns.” Majnun wanders the desert, composing poetry for his beloved. They move crisply, their movements recalling folk dances we think we’ve seen but may have only imagined, groups loping through grapevines and daisy chains. As a child, my family lived for several years in India and Pakistan, before moving to Chapel Hill in the early 1990s. Two well known Persian poets, Rudaki and Baba Taher, both mention the lovers. . It was about a young couple named Qays and Layla who fell in love with each other but whose relationship was forbidden by … Majnun reads love poems and elegies, which can be considered as psychological self-analysis, showing his disappointments and the reasons for his actions. Nizami Ganjavi’s influential poem, written in the 12 th century, is believed to be the first literary processing of the Layla and Majnun story. The plot of the poems of this genre is simple and revolves around unrequited love. Layla is forced into a marriage with a wealthy man but refuses to consummate the marriage. Based on the classical poet Nizami Ganjavi’s 12th-century poem, The Story of Layla and Majnun, Ganjavi wrote of a young man who fell desperately in love with a beautiful woman, but she was unavailable. The Bedouin camps of the original Arabic oral poems became embellished with Persian gardens by poets writing in Persian; Majnun’s poetry, scattered to the winds, found later expression as Hindi film songs. Find out more about that here: http://www.gardenenclosed.com, Your email address will not be published. [4][10], The poem was published in various countries in different versions of the text. Ia melepaskan segala kemanusiaannya dan mengabdikan dirinya hanya untuk cinta. THE STORY OF LAYLA AND MAJNUN. He also consciously layered in Sufi motifs and allegory—wine as a metaphor for divine intoxication and the candle that consumes itself in the fire of longing. To have ownership of something that powerful is something Ill never be able to get used to, Eric Clapton said of Layla in 1988. A young man named Qais ibn Al-Mulawah (known as Qays) fell in love with a young lady named Layla: deeply, irrevocably, hopelessly in love. "Layla" is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, originally released by their blues rock band Derek and the Dominos, as the thirteenth track from their only studio album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (November 1970). The dancers are expressive, but the movement leads them, providing a structure for their emotion. Required fields are marked *, © 2021 South Writ Large and individual contributors. [4], Miniatures depicting the heroes of the poem "Layla and Majnun" were created by miniature artists from different cities, such as Tabriz, Herat. Tells the story of two young lovers who met in their childhood and grew together to later blossomed into love. Layla, darling won’t you ease my worried mind.”. This piece, by Sophie Ernst, moves into the same ineffable realm as the performance itself: teasing experience on the edge of language, we enter into a world where fire/love hushes all who see it, are drawn into it, and are consumed, smiling, by its flames. The story of Layla and Majnun, written one thousand years before Romeo and Juliet, has been repeatedly compared to William Shakespeare’s play because of the tragic love … Layla and Majnun are reunited only after death, just as the soul is believed in the Sufi tradition to unite with God. Most versions of the story follow a similar narrative arc, an episodic, slow-motion tragedy, shot through with madness and longing. [16], There is a bas-relief depicting the heroes of the poem - Layla and Majnun, as a schoolgirl and a schoolboy performed on the pedestal of Nizami Ganjavi monument in Baku, which was established in 1949, by sculptor A. Khryunov and which was based on the sketches of the artist Gazanfar Halykov. It was also of interest to me because my most favorite oriental rugs were from Azerbaijan, I had a Persian boyfriend for a number of years, and I have enjoyed reading the book written by this author’s mother, Judith Ernst, which is entitled Song of Songs. The women wear long dresses of coral flecked with white, the men tunics of marbled cobalt blue over white trousers. Majnun’s incessant poetic expression of Layla’s beauty and his astonishingly … Layla and Majnun was translated from Persian into English in 1788 by Sir William Jones, the philologist who lived in Calcutta and wrote Persian poetry under the pen name Youns Uksfardi. When Majnun heard of her death, he became mad with grief. And Layla? The production has several U.S. engagements in March 2018 and then will tour to Australia and London for its final performances. Layla and Majnun or "The Madman and Layla" is a love story originating from classic Arabic Literature, later adopted and popularized by the Persian-language poet Nizami Ganjavi.. Majnun fell in love with Layla bint Mahdi ibn Sa’d (better known as Layla Aamiriya) from the same tribe which lived (in fact, still lives) in central Saudi Arabia. Knowing of his devotion to his parents, Layla was determined to send Majnun word of their passing. The lyrics are based on the book by Persian poet Nizami, Layla and Majnun, about a man in love with a woman who cannot have her because her parents object.When they cannot be together, he goes insane. We all know the ending but, like Majnun, we can’t help but return to the intoxication of love. I so enjoyed this article, the description of the dances she saw performed as well as the very detailed history about these various themes and interpretations. This story, of would-be lovers doomed to separation and death, has transfixed humanity for millennia, enduring over the centuries as a symbol of overwhelming, ecstatic, crazy, tragic love. The young Bedouin poet Qays fell in love with Layla, a woman of his own tribe, and wrote her many celebrated love poems. (SWL holds one-time web publication rights for each article. Since its debut, Hajibeyli’s opera has opened each season of the Theater of Opera and Ballet in Baku and was led for two decades by the revered singer Alim Qasimov, considered a Living National Treasure of Azerbaijan for his preservation of the art of mugham vocal tradition. [8] It was published in 1836. The temptation is too great, the desire too strong, the outcome always inevitable. Heroes are semi-imaginary-semi-historical characters and their actions are similar to the actions of the characters of other romantic poems of this genre. This bas-relief is a part of Hermitage museum collection in Saint Petersburg. His father tries to intervene and arrange a marriage with Layla’s tribe, but her family has heard too much about Majnun’s erratic behavior. When they are young, their single-minded devotion passes under the radar. One of the highlights of the LP is “Layla.” The origin of the song can be traced back to a popular tale – “The Story of Layla and Majnun” written by Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi. "Layla and Majnun" (Persian لیلی و مجنون) is the third poem of the classic of Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209, Ganja). Trivia About Layla and Majnun. From there, Layla and Majnun filtered into the edges of European and then American cultural discourse, but often without an understanding of the spiritual dimensions of the story. The Story of Layla and Majnun passed into Azerbaijani literature. Later, this translation was reissued several times (1894, 1915). In the nineteenth-century Lord Byron called it “the Romeo and Juliet of the East” despite the fact that the legend predates Shakespeare’s tragic lovers by nearly a thousand years. There is some evidence that Majnun may have been based on a real person, Qays Ibn al-Mulawwah of the Banu Amir tribe, but whether the legend reflects real events may never be known. Many years later, Majnun’s father and mother both passed away. Palmer started researching the play’s history, and learned that one of the most famous plays in Western literature was actually based on a 12 th century epic poem by one of the most famous Muslim writers in history. I’ve always known about Layla and Majnun, even though the story is not well known in the United States. The travellers said that Majnun spent his days reciting poetry to himself and writing in the sand with a long stick; they said that he truly was driven to madness by a broken heart. The story of Layla and Majnun is the classic Islamic story of doomed love. Clapton's situation with Pattie was different, but he liked the title and the theme of unattainable love. 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