When Paula heard the song Layla she immediately moved out and felt that Eric had used her to get to her sister Pattie.

Layla eric clapton meaning of the song. The song was inspired by the poem Layla and Majnun written in the 7 th Century by the Persian poet Nezami which told the story of a man who was driven insane by his love for a princess who could not marry him as she was married to another man. It was Allman who sped up Layla and came up with its. I only know it was dedicated to Patti Boyd who was married to Beatle George Harrison.

Eric Clapton heard of the poem from his Sufi friend Abdalqadir as-Sufi formerly Ian Dallas and so when he wrote a slow ballad about his unrequited love for Patti Layla made perfect sense as a name. Clapton wrote the song Layla pouring out his feelings for his unrequited love. He felt that he was in a similar situation with Patti so he dubbed the song Layla.

Amid the turmoil Boyd received a declaration of love from her husbands good friend Eric Clapton. Eric clapton wrote this about Patti when she was still married to George Harrison. How shes dealing with loneliness and why she wont lower her pride and give him a chance.

It least it is in the lyrics of the song. A friend had given him a copy of the poem as they saw the parallels between Layla and Majnun and Eric Clapton and Pattie Harrison. It is an epic poem written in the 11th or 12th century by the Persian poet Ganjavi Nizami.

It seems she used to complain about George with him. Clapton saw the correlation with his own life. Eric was given a book by Ian Dallas called The Story of Layla and Majnun written by Nizami Ganjavi.

Ironically Eric was living with Patties younger sister Paula at the time. Clapton also wrote Wonderful Tonight for her. Today let us look back on one of his best songs Layla Layla It is a ballad love song penned by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon.