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Love is know to be an overwhelming,
all -consuming , intense passion.
But just how intense can love be ?
No one knows the answer and examples of such a love are rare, But whenever one talks,
about the depth of love the intensity of passion two name almost immediately
come to mind- Laila and Majnu.
The love story of Laila and Majnu is a very
famous one and is no lass than a legend.
Even today, people know them as Laila Majnu:
the and in between is missing.
They were two in flesh , but one in spirit,
It is based on the real story of a young man
called Qays ibn al- Mullawah from northern,
Arabian Peninsula in the Umayyad era during,
the 7th century.
This love story of "Laila and Majnu" is an
eternal one albeit a tragic one.
Laila was a beautiful girl born in a rich family.
Being no less than a princess , she was expected to marry a wealthy boy and live in,
grandeur and splendor, But love is born from the heart, it knows no rules, Laila fell in love with Qays and he too loved her deeply, Qays was a,
poet and belonged to the same tribe as Laila.
He composed splendid love poems and dedicated them to his lady -love , telling them,
his love for her and mentioning her name often.
Qays' friends knew about his affair with Laila and they often teased and made fun of his love.
But such taunts had no effect on Qays, He was,
deeply in love with Laila and it was her thoughts alone that possesed his mind for all
time.
It had been for quite sometime that Qays toyed,
with the idea of seeking Laila's hand in marriage from her parents.
One day he went up to them and put the big question before them.
But Qays was a poor lad, And when he asked ,
for Laila's hand in marriage her father promptly ,
refused him as he didn't want his daugther to,
marry below her status, It would mean a scandal for Laila according to Arab traditions.
As fate would have it , the two lovers were banished from seeing each other.
Soon after Laila's parents married her off to,
a wealthy man and she went on to live in a big mansion.
When Qays heard of her marriage he was heartbroken, He fles the tribe camp and wandered in the surrounding desert.
His family eventually gave up on his return and left food for him in the wilderrness, He could
sometime be seen reciting poetry to himself or,
writing Laila's name in the sand with a stick,
Day and night he pined for her.
Laila was no better, Seperated from Qays,
she was shattered in mind body and spirit,
Not long afterwards in 688 AD, she moved to Iraq,
with her husband, where she fell ill and died eventually.
When Qays' friends came to know about Laila's
death they went looking for him all over to give,
him the news, But they could not find him.
Not much later their search for him came to,
an end Qays was found dead in the wilderness near Laila's grave.
On a rock near the grave he had carved three,
verses of poetry , which are the last three verses
ascribed to him.
Qays went mad for his love ; for this reason he
came to be called Majnu, or Majnun Layla'
which means "Driven mad by Layla".
Such a love is hard to find today
So if ever you love someone try to love like
these two did, Even today lover swear by their
name, It is their love affair that has made Laila and Majnu immoral in the accounts of great love stories
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