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Classical Romantic Story Lala Rukh and Fermaroz | #literature #love #romantic #kashmir
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Nov 4, 2024
A film based on this story was made in India in 1958. The dialogues and story were written by renowned poet and writer Kaifi Azmi and produced by renowned Urdu novelist and filmmaker Ismat Chughtai. Leading Indian film singer Talat Mahmood was the hero of the film while famous singers like Mohammad Rafi, Talat Mahmood and Asha Bhosle sang its songs.
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foreign
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[Music]
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this story already existed in the oral
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traditions of Kashmir and the way
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Richard Temple went to the people and
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collected the stories from Punjab and
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translated them into English and then
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the local researchers and translators
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translated them into do and other
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languages of India and Pakistan in the
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same way Thomas Moore had transcribed
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this story after hearing it from someone
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and thus it was discussed all over the
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world
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however latifud din Ahmed translated
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this poem into free prose and thus this
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story reached us an Urdu film of the
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same name was also made in India based
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on this story
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it is a unique story of the Eastern
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tradition of love romance and marriage
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of lalar of confirmer Rose it belongs to
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two different dynasties countries of
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that time I E bakara and Delhi marriage
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was settled in Delhi by the elders and
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it took place in Srinagar Kashmir with
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all Royal rituals and Customs depicting
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the cultural background of that time
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Thomas Moore
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1779-1852 was a born Lyricist and a
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natural musician a practiced satirist
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and one of the first recognized
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champions of freedom of Ireland
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he was a close friend of Lord Byron and
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Percy Bish Shelley lalaruk 1817 a
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narrative poem set on Byron's advice in
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an atmosphere of Oriental Splendor gave
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Moore a reputation among his
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contemporaries rivaling that of Byron
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and Sir Walter Scott it was perhaps the
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most translated poem of its time and it
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earned what was
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till then the highest price paid by an
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English publisher for a poem i e three
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thousand pounds
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he was the first poet to compose this
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story who wrote a fictional Romance of
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four narrative poems and a connecting
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tale about lalaruk in 1817. in all the
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four Tales pharamores is the narrator
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orator artist singer and poet who
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accompanies and entertains the Mughal
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princess lalaruk from Delhi to Srinagar
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Moore's poem captured the popular
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imagination with its rendering of exotic
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scenes and colorful images from the
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distant Orient
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more importantly it introduced the
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valley of Kashmir to the Western World
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in the early 1900s the story of lalaruk
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made Florence Barbary Restless until she
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traveled to Kashmir where she sketched
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and painted its natural beauty she
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devoted extensive space in her book to
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the story by Moore she added musical
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scores for some of the poems in the book
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particularly those with references to
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the Kashmir Valley
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no other writer or poet has written this
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story except Thomas More
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however latifudden Ahmad converted it
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into du prose in 1935. translator short
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story writer and a political activist
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Latifah in ahmadak prabadi was born on
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8th of April 1885 atakrabad Agra his
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translation of lalaruk created a stir in
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order literary circles and one for him a
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very prominent Place among the first
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ranking Urdu writers of his age the
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effortless ease of its translation the
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Elegance of its style and the setting of
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its Exquisite story in a purely romantic
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background were astonishingly new in the
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field of Urdu translation the romantic
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story that we will mention today is
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related to the beautiful Valley of Jammu
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and Kashmir Delhi and bakara the story
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is included for the first time among the
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12 stories in Dr assafree as kadir's
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book classical romantic stories of
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Pakistan let's listen and watch this
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beautiful story the story of Lala or
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confirm arose
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King Abdullah the famous King of the
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zanj dynasty proclaimed his son the heir
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to the throne in a formal ceremony
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descended from the Throne of bakara
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kochak and decided to spend the rest of
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his life in remembrance of God
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he came to Delhi through the beautiful
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valleys of Kashmir this was the eleventh
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year of the accession of Emperor ranzib
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welcomed Abdullah with utmost respect
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and dignity and received him in a
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wonderful way worthy of both the host
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and the guest
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lalarok was one of the youngest
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Daughters of Mughal family it was a sign
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of lalarok's beauty that the words of
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the Poets of that time seemed to be
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fulfilled by her mention
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a common notion was that mentioning
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Layla in front of lalaruk and the
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delicacy of the goddesses was to provide
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the earliest examples of Nature's
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craftsmanship people thought that all
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the beautiful goddesses of Greek
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mythology whose names are considered the
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subject of poems and songs were like the
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little flowers that appear on the
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margins of the bouquet and lalaruk was
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the main Rose of this bouquet
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Abdullah decided to marry his son with
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lalaruk and it was also agreed between
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both the families that the wedding
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ceremony would be performed in the
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beautiful Valley of Kashmir and the
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bride and groom after staying in this
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paradise for a few days would return to
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the capital bakara that day was also
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strange when the princess left for
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Kashmir every Bazaar in Delhi was
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adorned with the curtains of Saturn and
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brocade and it was known that all the
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gold and silver of India had been hung
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on the walls
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beautiful and well-dressed groups of
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children were seen scattering flowers
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along the procession route reminiscent
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of the ancient Iranian gulafshan ritual
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it was as if a caravan of Happiness had
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passed by carrying a pile of Musk
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hundreds of decorated boats floated on
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the clear waters of the jumanas if they
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were colorful waves of water
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la la Rook made vows for the poor and
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needian Road in a sad mood to go to
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Kashmir the Grandeur with which this
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procession was set off was a site which
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the sun had never seen from the Royal
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Palace to the gardens on the outskirts
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of the city there were a series of
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festivities
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all the Nobles and members were in
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procession with Pomp and Splendor and
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Princess Lala Rox sat silently in her
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palunking like a beautiful statue there
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were light pink silk pipes on the
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Windows of the courtyard Tatar and
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kashmiri features riding on white
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Arabian horses were specially arranged
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by the king of bakara to walk in front
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of the princess
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in the early days of the journey for the
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delight and interest of Lala Rook who
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had spent her entire life in the shade
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of delhi's Royal Lawns the changing
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scenery was certainly a feast
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when the Caravan camped in the evening
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after the scorching Sun
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if the Caravan camped on the bank of a
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river or a spring nature would get
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strange pleasure and serenity but her
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Innovative nature and the balance of
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juvenescence now seemed disgusted with
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that pleasure the humor of the
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characters and the great Spectators
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however were able to dedicate the
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moments of their Awakening when the
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proud difference was not familiar to
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them but lalaruk was not interested in
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them either
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the princess's most beloved maid was an
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Iranian girl who often tried to put the
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princess to bed with her funny songs in
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her intoxicating tone this maid used to
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recite the love story of waymick and
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Ezra and sometimes the love story of
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Sheeran and Farhat but now lalarok did
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not enjoy any of her stories
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she began to look sad and sick when the
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medicine did not work to alleviate the
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situation one came up with the idea of
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summoning the young poet who was famous
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for his Good Humor who came with the
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servant sent by the king of bakara he
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was said to recite ancient myths with a
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special flock
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ferramors was a young boy about the same
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age as the princess his masculine Beauty
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had the charm that fascinated women
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ferramore's dress though simple but
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precious and expressing his good taste
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was embellished with beautiful pearls in
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his velvet belt which also added Beauty
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to his personality
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theramores performed the obeisance in
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front of Princess Lala rook and said
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that the masnavi he was about to recite
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was the story of Yusuf and zulika after
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saying that he started singing princess
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lalarok was so moved by the story of
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zulika's great failed love and the
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narration of tragic fate that she was
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preoccupied with it all the day and
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regained her composure while the Royal
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Caravan was passing by a river the
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princess saw a Hindu girl the princess
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was surprised to find her in such a
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lonely place
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the Caravan stopped and she wanted to
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see what the girl was doing
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the Hindu girl at a small ghee oil lamp
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and placed it on a plate and decorated
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it with a Garland of flowers
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after that with Trembling Hands it was
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handed over to the waves of the river
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and a picture of beam and Raja hope and
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disappointment was made as she kept
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watching its flow
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the Splendor of the royal Caravan did
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not attract the attention of that girl
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which left lalarok very surprised and
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amazed a man from amongst the servants a
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resident of a place on the banks of the
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Ganges River appeared before the
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princess and explained that it was a
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custom among Hindu women to cast a spell
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on their loved ones return home or their
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well-being it is used to dispel doubts
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and superstitions
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on the banks of the Ganges where Hindu
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women and girls take such Omens this
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site is often seen if the lamp goes out
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or sinks it is considered ominous but if
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the lamp stays bright and disappears
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from view the health and return of the
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lover is considered certain the Caravan
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left but lalarok kept looking at the
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hinder maiden's lamp again and again and
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when she saw the lamp for the last time
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she was very happy because she thought
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that on the protection of the lamp the
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life of a maid and depended she felt
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that the hopes of that girl were as weak
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as the flame of that lamp
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when the Caravan stopped ferramors was
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called in and he began to tell the rest
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of the story
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coincidentally some unusual accidents
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happened on the trip first of all there
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was such a mess in the postal system
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that the man goes from as Jane which
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used to come for the Royal dinner did
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not arrive on time and some sugar pots
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that were very expensive and had been in
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use of ancient Kings of China got broken
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by the negligence of the servants so
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much so the cook put red pepper instead
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of black pepper in her meal one day in
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all these circumstances one could easily
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guess what would have happened to the
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chief organizer of the Caravan
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faisaldine who was listening to the mass
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Navi sitting by the tent so he quickly
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started dropping his pearly beads
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when the masnavi was over princess
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lalarov asked him for his opinion
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faisodin said although the style of
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masnavi is captivating there is no new
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literary innovation in it that can
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replace the generality of the
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imagination and there are no such
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wordings that make it meaningful and
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beautiful now the poetic aspect so if
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there is not much evil to be done about
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it then it is enough it has neither the
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inspirational flow of the dousey nor the
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natural sweetness of half is nor the
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unparalleled smoothness of Saudi Lala
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Rock like ferramors is narrated masnavi
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very much and wanted to order another
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from him but after hearing FaZe ludden's
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statement her courage seemed to be
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unable to do so
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the Caravan then reached a valley this
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was the place that was decorated a few
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years ago during the visit of Lala
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Rock's elder sister princess roshanara
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to Kashmir the princess was very
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impressed to see this place and said I
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think this place is the Abode of the
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goddess of spring who is worshiped in
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the temples or here are the fairies
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whose only food is flowers
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took advantage of this and said I
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remember a little fairy tale let me tell
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if the princess gives permission
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fazelden did not say anything and
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Princess lalaruk liked the Readiness of
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the ferramors with a smile and the
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ferramors raised the rhubarb and started
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singing the story which was written in
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the form of a poem when this poem was
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over princess lalarok looked at the
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chief administrator again as if asking
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for his opinion the chief administrator
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of the Caravan said
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don't understand how R and tears can be
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taken away the existence of a fairy and
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the personality of the poet who wrote
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this Mass Navi are both incomprehensible
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beings in short it is a waste of time to
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discuss such irrefutable superstitions
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Lala Rock tried to soften this harsh
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criticism and said the class of poets is
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very tender-hearted and sensitive the
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sweetness and eloquence of their words
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and images should not be underestimated
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by such severe criticism early in the
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morning the Caravan reached the next
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stop where numerous monuments tombs
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monasteries and mosques showed that the
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world of death is also a world of
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Happiness Lala Rock's imagination would
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also have been greatly affected by this
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Mantra if other feelings had not already
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taken possession of her heart
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arriving there shabakara's messenger was
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presented to the princess who said that
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the king himself was arranging for the
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welfare of Kashmir Valley and reception
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of the princess
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this message which could only fill the
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heart of a bride with the imagination of
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love and happiness changed the blood in
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the veins of lalaruk to ice bars she was
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convinced that her relaxed heart was
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gone forever because she had fallen in
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love with the remorse and despite her
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best efforts she could not get the
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feeling out of her heart
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Lala Rock could only think of a way to
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avoid the Calamity for herself so that
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ferramors would no longer be presented
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to her she thought that heart she was
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about to present to the king of bakara
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would be depressed and broken but at
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least she wanted to keep it innocent so
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she agreed to erase the dream of love
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from her heart
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one evening lalarok was riding an
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Arabian horse for a breath of fresh air
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passing by a clump of trees she heard
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the sound of a flute and singing she
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knew that voice very well she stopped
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there and listened to the enchanting
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song
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the words of the song landed in la la
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rook's Heart Like an arrow she returned
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full of regret forced to realize the sad
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but sweet reality that the heart of
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theramores was intoxicated with love as
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well
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the next day while the Caravan was
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passing through the intricate valleys
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and mountains of Kashmir she saw a place
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that made her wish she could have such a
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life in the valley that was full of love
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she was ready to give up the Throne of
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bakara and its opulent luxuries if only
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two things pharamores and love were left
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to her in that quiet atmosphere but the
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speed of time seemed was fast and the
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hour was not far away when pharamores
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was about to be stripped of it this was
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the reason why allarok began to consider
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the last few tragic moments as more
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eerie and her heart became attached to
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those lovely moments as if her life was
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based on them thinking that the princess
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was in deep and intense grief from which
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nothing could get her out except the
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presence of a young poet like the lamps
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in monasteries and tombs only the flame
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was visible when a gust of wind reached
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inside even Lala Rock's eyes would smile
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and be lit by the radiance of the Sun
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and when she reached that life-giving
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Valley every moment of it became a
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constant pleasure when pharamores would
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be in her presence all day therefore she
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was happy like the people of zanshu are
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always happy with the Blessed effect of
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a star which Rises on their heads every
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night and leaves the effects of Good
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Fortune one evening in the company of
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the princess queen nor Jahan was being
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mentioned theramore's said I remember a
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very short poem The heroine of which is
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Queen nor Jahan there was a difference
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of opinion which resulted in separation
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which ruined their lives for a few days
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however these hours of Separation soon
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turned into Extinction
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since nothing could have been happier
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for Lala Rook she wanted to hear the
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incident with a smile of joy which the
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pheromores started narrating the Caravan
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was now descending the slopes of the
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mountains that separate Kashmir from the
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rest of India the hours of stay were as
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short as were necessary for rest
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therefore lalaruk did not get a chance
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to see the Pharaoh Moors he realized and
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charmingly realized that his happy life
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had come to an end
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and now he has nothing left but the
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memory of those moments the women of the
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harim realized the fact and wondered
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what the king of bakara would say after
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seeing her the princess for beauty of
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whom the Poets of Delhi had said too
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much if something could have alleviated
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his grief first of all it could have
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been the valley of Kashmir the matchless
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but the mild climate there did not have
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any Pleasant effect on him the women
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around lalaruk were delighted by the
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decorations of the streets and the
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spectacle of fireworks
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and they concluded that the king of
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bakara was a man of refined temperament
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and that he would be the perfect husband
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of the princess
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the hour of the wedding celebration was
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set on the second morning of the arrival
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of The Princess and on the day the King
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was going to be happy for the first time
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after seeing his bride underscore
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Princess Lala Rook The Emperor's Palace
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Shalamar was located on the other side
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of the lake
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however in that Valley of Happiness no
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night before that night would have been
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spent for anyone other than Lala Rook
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full of dreams and Chaos in the morning
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when la la Rook got up from the bed and
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the maids came to Adorn her with her
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wedding dress
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she saw for the first time that the
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princess had not been known for her
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charm even before that time because
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sometimes sadness and grief was added to
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the beauty
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when the maid had given her fingers the
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color of henna and adorned her forehead
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with a minimalist chandelier she was
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carried to the Royal barge which on the
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other side of the lake was a picture of
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the Glorious wedding eye waiting the
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procession of boats came out of the lake
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and entered the canal which was to reach
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the Majestic domes and Chambers of
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Shalamar and on either side of which
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were adorned with flower beds of gardens
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the murmur of the boats was passing
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through the gentle garden-like
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atmosphere which kept the air submerged
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in perfume and the water of the
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fountains in the middle of the canal was
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rising in a state of calm continuity
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these were the pillars of diamonds on
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which the sunshine on the one hand
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preparations were going on and on the
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other hand lalaruk's steps were getting
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cumbersome theramores was in her heart
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she kept thinking about him and thinking
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that the man she was marrying was a
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stranger how will she be able to love
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him how will she be able to give him a
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place in her heart because her heart is
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full of ferramors
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his poetry his rhubarb his Simplicity
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truthfulness innocence he had made
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permanent place in her mind she tried to
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shake the idea of pharamores again and
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again but she couldn't do it
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after fixing the arches of various
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houses a caravan of lalarok reached the
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place where the King was waiting for the
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arrival of his bride and which was the
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best area in all the Palaces
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it was a sign of lalorok's heartbeat and
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body trembling it was difficult to get
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down from the gravel and reach the
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marble staircase
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in the last part of the house there were
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two Royal Thrones which in their value
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were equal to the turquoise Throne of
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galbarga one of them was ruled by
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shabakara and the other Throne was
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reserved for Lala Rook as soon as she
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entered the chambers the king ascended
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the throne and proceeded to make his way
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to the floor in the reception of his
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beautiful queen and with difficulty he
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took the princess's hand in his delicate
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hand the princess's eyes widened in
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Surprise
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ah it was the pharamores who stood
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before him the pharamores was shabakara
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himself and the shabakara himself was
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ferramors who disguised himself and
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reached Delhi with his sent servant and
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from there accompanied the princess to
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Kashmir with this journey and
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transformation his heartfelt intention
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was to get the real love of lalaruk
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before marriage and that he got in a
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lovely fictional Style
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suffice it to say that lalarok never
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addressed the King by any name other
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than Pharaoh Moore's
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