Lalla-Rookh

Lalla-Rookh

Lalla-Rookh or Lala Rukh ( _fa. لالہ رخ) is the title of a poem by Thomas Moore, published in 1817. The title is taken from the name of the heroine of the frame tale, the daughter of the Mughal emperor, Aurangzeb; engaged to the young king of Bactria, she goes forth to meet him, but her heart is smitten by a poet she meets on the way. The bulk of the poem consists of four interpolated tales supposedly sung by the poet: "The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan," (based upon the story of Al-Muqanna) "Paradise and the Peri," "The Fire-Worshippers," and "The Light of the Harem." As Lalla Rookh enters the palace of her bridegroom she swoons away; but reviving at the sound of a familiar voice, she wakes up with rapture to find that the poet of her affection was none other than the prince to whom she was engaged.

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* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8187 The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore] includes "Lalla Rookh"


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