| Leyli and Majnun | |
|---|---|
| by Fuzuli | |
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| Original title | لیلی و مجنون |
| Written | 1536 |
| Language | Azerbaijani |
| Subject(s) | Layla and Majnun |
| Genre(s) | Mathnawi |
| Form | Epic poem |
| Full text | |
 az:Leyli və Məcnun (Füzuli) at Wikisource | |
Leyli and Majnun (Azerbaijani: Leyli və Məcnun, لیلی و مجنون) is an epic poem written in Azerbaijani by the 16th-century poet Fuzuli. The poem, written in the form of a mathnawi (rhyming couplets), tells the story of a young man named Qays who falls in love with a girl named Leyli and earns the nickname "Majnun" (lit. 'Madman') because of his love for her.[1][2][3] The poem, considered the pinnacle of Fuzuli's creation, consists of 3096 bayts and was dedicated to Üveys Pasha, the Ottoman ruler of Baghdad.[4][2] In 1908, Uzeyir Hajibeyov composed the first opera in the Islamic world based on this work of Fuzuli.[5]
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In the poetic arts, we have Moḥammad b. Solaymān Foẓuli, the greatest lyric poet in Azeri Turkish, who composed a version of Leyli o Majnun in that language
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