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Feb. 2nd, 2009 10:54 amFound this in the comments of a blog discussing preferences for fair skin among Malaysian women. It'd a translation of a "Punjabi rendition of the infamous tale of Leila and Majnu:
"Majnu was asked by his men, “why do you cry ‘Leila’, ‘Leila’ when she is so dark skinned?” Majnu replied “Oh friends, you do not see the beauty that I see, for let me tell you that while the pages of the Quran you read are white, the words of the Quran are written in a black ink, a black that is as lovely as my Leila”.
Ya just can't beat the classics, I tell ya.
"Majnu was asked by his men, “why do you cry ‘Leila’, ‘Leila’ when she is so dark skinned?” Majnu replied “Oh friends, you do not see the beauty that I see, for let me tell you that while the pages of the Quran you read are white, the words of the Quran are written in a black ink, a black that is as lovely as my Leila”.
Ya just can't beat the classics, I tell ya.