batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l1079-l1114
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l1079-l1114
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: THE DIVINE UNION / THE MAGIC MIRROR / A LAMENT / ONE HEART, ONE LOVE; lines
1079-1114
start: '1079'
end: '1114'
translation: 'The Persian Mystics: Jámí'
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage exhorts the addressee to abandon multiple earthly loves and
devote the heart to one love. It defines Absolute Beauty as Divine Majesty whose
rays are reflected in all grades of beings and as the source of wisdom. A lyric
speaker describes the beloved appearing at dawn, rebuking the speaker for turning
away, and says a momentary glimpse and possible Union are better than a lifetime
of earthly beauties.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The addressee is described as devoted to earthly idols and wrapped in veils
of flesh.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speaker states that pursuing many loves is folly because a single heart
can contain only one love.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The addressee's heart is described as torn by lust for all and distracted
by this attachment to all.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The speaker instructs the addressee to give the heart to ONE and break with
all.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Absolute Beauty is identified with Divine Majesty endowed with power and bounty.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Every manifested beauty and perfection among beings is described as a ray
of perfect beauty reflected there.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Exalted souls receive their beauty and perfection from these rays, and wise
persons derive wisdom from Divine wisdom.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The speaker's love stands by the speaker at dawn and addresses the speaker.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: The love says that the speaker causes grief while the love casts looks of
love, and asks why the speaker turns away.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: The speaker says they tread love's painful path throughout life in hope of
gaining Union.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: The speaker values one momentary glimpse of the addressed beloved above a
lifetime retaining earthly beauties' love.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: votary of earthly idols' fane
description: An addressee devoted to earthly idols and veiled by flesh.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: heart torn by lust for all
description: An addressee whose heart is distracted by attachment to all and is
told to give the heart to ONE.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Absolute Beauty / Divine Majesty
description: The source of perfect beauty, power, bounty, and Divine wisdom, whose
rays are reflected in beings.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: exalted souls and the wise
description: Souls and wise persons who receive beauty, perfection, and wisdom from
the Divine source.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: lyric speaker
description: A speaker who is addressed by the love at dawn and who seeks Union
through love's painful path.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: my love / Thee
description: The beloved figure who stands by the speaker at dawn, casts looks of
love, and is the object of desired glimpse and Union.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: distracted devotee of earthly plurality
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
basis: The addressee is linked with earthly idols, fleshly veils, many loves, and
distraction by all.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: source of beauty and perfection
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: All manifested beauty and perfection are described as rays of perfect beauty
reflected from Absolute Beauty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: source of wisdom
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The passage states that whoever is wise derives wisdom from Divine wisdom.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: recipients of divine qualities
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Exalted souls receive beauty and perfection, and wise persons receive wisdom,
from the Divine source.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: seeker of union
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The speaker treads love's path of pain in hope of gaining Union.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: beloved who calls the seeker
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The beloved stands by the speaker at dawn, speaks to the speaker, casts looks
of love, and is the one whose glimpse is desired.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: veils of flesh
literal_form: Veils enwrapping the brain
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: single heart containing one love
literal_form: A single heart that can contain one love
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: rays of perfect beauty
literal_form: Rays reflected in the grades of beings
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: dawn meeting
literal_form: The love standing by the speaker at dawn
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: love's path of pain
literal_form: A path of pain trodden throughout life
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: momentary glimpse
literal_form: One moment's glimpse of Thee
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Renunciation of many loves
summary: The speaker addresses a devotee of earthly idols and urges abandonment
of many loves in favor of one love.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Definition of Absolute Beauty
summary: Absolute Beauty is presented as Divine Majesty and as the source reflected
in all beauty, perfection, and wisdom among beings.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Beloved at dawn and the quest for Union
summary: The beloved appears at dawn and reproaches the speaker for turning away;
the speaker declares lifelong painful devotion in hope of Union and values a single
glimpse above earthly beauties.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: single-hearted devotion to the one beloved
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: The passage contrasts earthly and multiple loves with devotion to ONE, and
the beloved is addressed as the object whose glimpse is worth more than earthly
beauties.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The poem does not explicitly identify the lyric beloved in the dawn scene
as Divine, though the surrounding prose frames beauty as Divine Majesty.
- id: motif:2
label: quest for union with the beloved
taxonomy_refs:
- annihilation_union
- mystical_quest
basis: The speaker says they tread love's painful path throughout life in hope of
gaining Union.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage names Union but does not elaborate the metaphysics of annihilation.
- id: motif:3
label: divine source of reflected beauty and wisdom
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
- divine_beloved
basis: Absolute Beauty is described as Divine Majesty, with all manifested beauty
and perfection as rays of that perfect beauty; wisdom is derived from Divine wisdom.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The available taxonomy has no specific symbol for light, ray, or mirror-like
reflection; taxonomy references are therefore limited to broader motif families.
- id: motif:4
label: renunciation of earthly plurality
taxonomy_refs:
- annihilation_union
basis: The addressee is told that attachment to all creates distraction and is instructed
to give the heart to ONE and break with all.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage emphasizes renunciation and unity of love; a fuller annihilation
motif is implied only indirectly.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 1079-1084
quote_or_summary: The poem addresses a votary of earthly idols, mentions veils of
flesh, and states that a single heart can contain only one love rather than a
host of loves.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 1086-1091
quote_or_summary: The addressee's heart is torn by lust for all; this 'all' brings
distraction, and the addressee is told to give the heart to ONE and break with
all.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 1093-1102
quote_or_summary: Absolute Beauty is defined as Divine Majesty with power and bounty;
all beauty and perfection are rays of perfect beauty reflected in beings, and
wisdom derives from Divine wisdom.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 1104-1109
quote_or_summary: At dawn the speaker's love stands by the speaker, casts loving
looks, and reproaches the speaker for turning away and causing grief.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 1111-1114
quote_or_summary: The speaker walks love's painful path in hope of Union and says
one momentary glimpse of the beloved is better than a lifetime of earthly beauties'
love.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is strong because the passage is short and explicit. Motif
mapping is broader and requires review, especially where lyric beloved language
is interpreted in light of the prose statement on Absolute Beauty.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
No comparison claims were added because the passage does not itself make an explicit cross-textual or cross-traditional comparison.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg__l1079-l1114
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