batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l1343-l1376
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l1343-l1376
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: THE HIDDEN TRUTH / THE SEA OF BEING / THE REVELATION OF TRUTH / MIRROR AND
FACE; lines 1343-1376
start: '1343'
end: '1376'
translation: 'The Persian Mystics: Jámí'
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: "“'Tis Thyself, not Thine image, that is seen.”"
summary: The passage presents a mirror-and-face image in which a peerless beauty
appears in a mirror, then extends the image to all mirrors in the universe displaying,
or directly revealing, the addressed divine presence. A footnote explains this
in terms of the material world receiving Very Being and multiplicity being destroyed.
The passage then transitions to selections from “Yúsuf and Zulaikha” with an invocation
for sweet lips to be bestowed on the pen and fragrance to flow from the book.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Speakers express wonder that a peerless beauty’s face is present in the heart
of a mirror.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The poem says the marvel is not the face itself, but that something should
be both mirror and face at once.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: All mirrors in the universe are said to display the addressed figure’s image
with radiance.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The poem corrects the image-language by saying that the addressed figure’s
self, not merely the figure’s image, is seen in the mirrors.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: A footnote explains that a portion of the material world can receive Very
Being through God’s mercy and become Very Being externalised.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The same footnote says omnipotence requires the destruction of all phenomena
and multiplicity of the same substance, with the process repeated endlessly.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The passage transitions to “Selections from Yúsuf and Zulaikha” and invokes
lips sweet as sugar for the pen and streams of odour from the book.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: They
description: Unspecified speakers who comment on the strange sight of the beauty’s
face in the mirror.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Peerless beauty / addressed Thou
description: A peerless beauty whose face appears in the mirror and whose image
or self is said to be seen in all mirrors.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: God
description: Named in the footnote as the source of mercy through which part of
the material world can receive Very Being.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: wondering speakers
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: They say the appearance of the beauty’s face in the mirror is strange.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: radiant beloved or divine presence addressed
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The addressed figure’s image, and then self, is said to be visible in all
mirrors with radiant sheen and effluent grace.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: source of mercy enabling reception of Very Being
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The footnote attributes the material world’s capacity to receive Very Being
to the mercy of God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: mirror
literal_form: Mirror or mirrors, including the mirror’s heart and all mirrors in
the universe.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: face
literal_form: The peerless beauty’s face seen in the mirror.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: radiant image
literal_form: The addressed figure’s image with radiant sheen, then identified as
the figure’s self rather than image.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: pen and book
literal_form: A pen receiving sugar-sweet lips and a book from which streams of
odour flow.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Mirror and face paradox
summary: Speakers wonder at a peerless face appearing in a mirror, while the poem
states that the greater marvel is the simultaneous identity of mirror and face.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Universal mirrors reveal the addressed presence
summary: All mirrors in the universe are said to show the addressed figure’s radiance,
and the poem clarifies that the figure’s self, not only an image, is seen.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Footnote on material world and Very Being
summary: The note interprets the phenomenon as part of the material world receiving
Very Being through divine mercy, followed by the destruction of phenomena and
multiplicity in an endless process.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Opening invocation for Yúsuf and Zulaikha
summary: The next selection asks that sweet lips be bestowed on the pen and fragrant
streams flow from the book.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: manifestation of divine presence in reflective forms
taxonomy_refs:
- annihilation_union
basis: The passage moves from a face reflected in a mirror to the claim that the
addressed self, not merely an image, is seen in all mirrors; the footnote describes
phenomena receiving Very Being and the destruction of multiplicity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is interpretive; the passage does not use the term
annihilation, but the footnote explicitly discusses destruction of phenomena and
multiplicity.
- id: motif:2
label: divine beloved as radiant beauty
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: The addressed figure is described as peerless beauty, radiance, and effluent
grace, with universal mirrors displaying the figure’s image or self.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The poetic addressee is not named directly in the verse; the divine reading
is strengthened by the capitalized address and footnote reference to God and Very
Being.
- id: motif:3
label: poetic inspiration through sweet lips and fragrant book
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Yúsuf and Zulaikha opening asks for sugar-sweet lips to be bestowed on
the pen and fragrance to flow from the book.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: low
cautions: This is a brief transitional excerpt with limited context and no available
taxonomy reference directly matching it.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 1343-1350, “MIRROR AND FACE” first stanza
quote_or_summary: "“This peerless beauty's face / Within the mirror's heart now
holds a place”; the marvel is that it is “at once mirror and face.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 1351-1356, “MIRROR AND FACE” second stanza
quote_or_summary: All mirrors display “Thy image” with radiant sheen; “'Tis Thyself,
not Thine image, that is seen.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: footnote 3 within lines 1343-1376
quote_or_summary: The note says part of the material world, through God’s mercy,
can receive Very Being and become Very Being externalised; omnipotence requires
destruction of phenomena and multiplicity, repeated endlessly.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: "“SELECTIONS FROM ‘YÚSUF AND ZULAIKHA’” opening couplet within lines 1343-1376"
quote_or_summary: "“Lips sweet as sugar on my pen bestow, / And from my book let
streams of odour flow.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward. Motif assignment is more interpretive,
especially where theological vocabulary is supplied by the footnote rather than
the verse alone. No comparison claims were made because the passage itself does
not support a specific cross-text comparison.
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: |-
Used only the supplied passage text and metadata. Available taxonomy references were applied only where directly supported by the passage or its footnote.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg__l1343-l1376
passage_sha256=9199f5cf8b14b8eb0c71113e8b6a0c9919f24274efe4b0f0b9143e039b5f12f9