An excellent translation of Nizami's 12th century poetic masterpiece of the legend of the romantic fool. Tale of the ideal lover, and allegory of the soul's search for God.Among the legendary love stories of the Islamic Orient, that of Layla and Majnun is probably the best known. The two lovers live up to this day in poems, songs and epics of many tribes and nations fromthe Caucasus to the interior of Africa, from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean.

Translated by: Rudolph Gelpke, Pir Zia Inayat Khan, Omid Safi