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Medjloomi Pes

July 7, 2008

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Daniel Larison

The recent Madhuri Dixit film Aaja Naachle has an impressive concluding number that retells the story of Layla and Majnu (or Leila and Medjloom, in Sayat Nova’s poetry), the romance of the lovers Layla and Qays.  Watchthewhole thing.  Here is my translation of Shat mart kose from earlier in the year, in which Sayat Nova drew on the imagery of Layla-Majnu.

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Daniel Larison is a senior editor at TAC, where he also keeps a solo blog. He has been published in the New York Times Book Review, Dallas Morning News, World Politics Review, Politico Magazine, Orthodox Life, Front Porch Republic, The American Scene, and Culture11, and was a columnist for The Week. He holds a PhD in history from the University of Chicago, and resides in Lancaster, PA. Follow him on Twitter.

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