batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l1462-l1487
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l1462-l1487
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: THE REVELATION OF TRUTH / MIRROR AND FACE / THE COMING OF THE BELOVED / THE
WAYS OF LOVE; lines 1462-1487
start: '1462'
end: '1487'
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: 'A disciple asks his master to guide him on wisdom’s path. The master tells
him to learn love first, using earthly love as preparation for holier love, but
warns him not to linger over outward form, likened to remaining at a bridge. A
following stanza reflects on changing time: new truth appears each morning, the
fading sun reveals the stars, and spring’s kiss brings roses after frost.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A disciple asks his master to guide him on the pleasant path of wisdom.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The master asks whether the disciple has loved, then tells him to learn the
ways of love and return.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The passage instructs the listener to drink deeply of earthly love so that
the lip may learn to sip the wine of holier love.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The passage warns not to let form entrance the soul too long.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The passage tells the listener to pass over a bridge quickly and not linger
at the bridge’s head.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The following stanza says that new truth comes to light each morning.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The stanza says that if the sun’s splendour never died away, the stars’ market
would not be gay.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The stanza says that if endless frost ruled gardens, no rose would blossom
at Spring’s kiss.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: disciple
description: A disciple who cries out to his master for guidance on wisdom’s path.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: master
description: The disciple’s master, who answers by directing him first to learn
the ways of love.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: disciple seeking guidance
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The disciple asks the master to guide him to wisdom’s path.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: spiritual instructor
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The master answers the disciple and gives instruction about love, return,
and not lingering at the bridge.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: path of wisdom
literal_form: path
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: wine of holier love
literal_form: wine
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: bridge to be crossed
literal_form: bridge
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: fading sun and revealed stars
literal_form: sun and stars
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: frost, spring, and rose
literal_form: frost, spring, and rose
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: disciple instructed in the ways of love
summary: A disciple asks for guidance to wisdom; the master responds that the disciple
must learn love, using earthly love as preparation for holier love while moving
beyond attachment to form.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:2
label: change reveals hidden truth and beauty
summary: The stanza describes truth appearing with each morning and uses images
of the fading sun, stars, frost, spring, and roses to show how change allows disclosure
and blossoming.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: spiritual quest through instruction
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
- wisdom
basis: The disciple seeks guidance on wisdom’s path and receives staged instruction
from the master.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is lyric and didactic rather than a narrative quest episode.
- id: motif:2
label: earthly love as preparation for holier love
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: The text explicitly presents earthly love as a means by which the lip learns
to sip the wine of holier love.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not name the beloved or explicitly define holier love
beyond the phrase itself.
- id: motif:3
label: crossing beyond outward form
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: The listener is warned not to remain entranced by form and is told to pass
over the bridge without lingering.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The bridge is metaphorical in the poem; no literal journey scene is narrated.
- id: motif:4
label: renewal through alternation and change
taxonomy_refs:
- seasonal_cycle
basis: The stanza connects fading sunlight with the appearance of stars and frost
giving way to spring roses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy includes seasonal_cycle, but the passage uses the
images to make a reflective point about revelation and change rather than narrating
a seasonal myth.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 1464-1465
quote_or_summary: "“Once to his master a disciple cried:-- / ‘To wisdom's pleasant
path be thou my guide.’”"
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 1466-1467
quote_or_summary: "“‘Hast thou ne'er loved?’ the master answered; ‘learn / The ways
of love and then to me return.’”"
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: quote
locator: lines 1468-1469
quote_or_summary: "“Drink deep of earthly love, that so thy lip / May learn the
wine of holier love to sip.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 1470-1473
quote_or_summary: The speaker warns not to let form entrance the soul too long,
instructs the listener to pass over the bridge quickly, and says not to linger
at the bridge’s head.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 1477-1480
quote_or_summary: The stanza describes the drum of Being and says that each morning
brings new truth to light and fame.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 1483-1484
quote_or_summary: "“If the sun's splendour never died away, / Ne'er would the market
of the stars be gay.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: lines 1485-1486
quote_or_summary: "“If in our gardens endless frost were king, / No rose would blossom
at the kiss of Spring.”"
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 mapping is cautious because
the passage is poetic and didactic rather than mythic narrative. No comparison
claims were added because the passage itself does not compare traditions or motifs.
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. Taxonomy references are limited to available supplied refs.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg__l1462-l1487
passage_sha256=59124e9dde16232d32e607034dd8ac23f64f73ab9ab302d2f37700132260a041