Layla Majnun

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Layla and Majnun: Qays, driven mad by a love for Layla that her family forbids, wanders the desert as 'the madman', singing her name until both are consumed by longing and die apart. The great tragic love of the Persian and Arabic world — and, to the Sufis, a figure for the soul gone mad with love of God. — Persian/Arabic literature