A Classic Turkish Love Story

This is a sad classic love story about Leyla and Mecnun whose love for each other was so deep.  This story is well known throughout Turkey and it's passed down from one generation to the next.  After you read about Leyla and Mecnun, please tell your lover that you love him/her because if you can be with your love then you are lucky.  Enjoy Leyla and Mecnun's story.

Leyla and Mecnun

Once upon a day there was Kays Ibnü’l-Mülavvah, he fell in love with Leyla his neighbor’s daughter. They were so little and when this is heard, Leyla’s family seperated her from him and prevented her from meeting Kays. Kays suffered so much, and his dad decided to want Leyla from his father. But Leyla’s father didn’t accept this. Then he decided to marry Leyla with another. After the marriage Kays was demented with love and went to some quiet places and think. After this situation he was known as ‘Mecnun’. His father wanted him to go to Mecca to pray and maybe to be saved from this helpless love. But Mecnun prayed for his love to grow. After this he began to live in the desert in a very bad situation with wild animals with the pain and love. In these days he died in a valley after this Leyla died because of her sadness.