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    A folkloric romance involving star-crossed lovers (who, in one old version, might have been a shepherd and a shepherdess) passed from one culture to another and is said to have been based on a true story in which the male lover became a significant poet. In the West, however, if the story is known at all, it is as the inspiration for a famed song composed by one of Rock's greatest musicians when he was in love with another man's wife. What is this romance, and what is that song?

    Question #78486. Asked by lanfranco. (Apr 08 07 5:20 PM)


    toughynutter

    		Layla and Majnun
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layla_and_Majnun

    of course the song Layla Derick and the domino's

    Eric Clapton, Patty Boyd and Gerorge Harrison

    "The other source for Layla was Clapton's personal life: he had fallen in love with Pattie Boyd, the wife of his friend George Harrison. Not even heroin, which Clapton had then begun to use, could dull the pain."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layla_and_Other_Assorted_Love_Songs



    Apr 08 07, 5:43 PM
    lanfranco

    		Yes, tn, it is "Layla and Majnun," Majnun now being identified with the poet Qays bin al-Mullawah, and the song "Layla" apparently having drawn its inspiration from the tale. (I'm a great Clapton fan.)

    A silver mace to you!

    Apr 08 07, 6:02 PM

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