The love story of Laila and Majnu is a very famous story .. Even
today, people call them Laila Majnu. They were two , but one in spirit. Laila
was a beautiful girl born in a rich family. Being no less than a princess, she
was expected to marry a wealthy boy. Laila fell in love with Qays and he too
loved her. Qays was a poet and belonged to the same tribe as Laila. He composed
splendid love poems and dedicated them to her, showing his love for her. Qays
was deeply in love with Laila and it was her thoughts alone that possesed his
mind for all time.
. One day, he went to
her parents asking for her hand it arose
a big question before them.
But Qays was a poor boy.
when he asked for Laila's hand in marriage, her father
promptly refused him as he didn't want her daughter to marry below her status.
It would mean a scandal for Laila according to Arab traditions.
The two lovers were
banned from seeing each other. Laila's parents married her off to a wealthy man
and she went to live with him.
When Qays heard of
her marriage he was heartbroken. He left the tribe camp and wandered in the surrounding
desert. His family gave up expectation
of his return. He used to write Laila's
name in the sand with a stick. Day and night, he missed her.
Laila moved to Iraq
with her husband, where she fell ill and died .
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 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", which means
"Driven mad by Laila"
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