batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l1597-l1608
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l1597-l1608
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: THE WAYS OF LOVE / THE BEAUTY OF ZULAIKHA / SELF DIES IN LOVE / THE FREEING
OF ZULAIKHA'S SOUL; lines 1597-1608
start: '1597'
end: '1608'
translation: 'The Persian Mystics: Jámí'
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: '"From thy stony dominion my soul will I free"'
summary: In a first-person address, the speaker denounces a stone-like object or
power that has ruined her rest, says she had bowed before it and made it her god,
renounced the bliss of both worlds, and now declares that she will free her soul
from its stony dominion and shatter its power.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage is headed as the freeing of Zulaikha's soul.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A first-person speaker addresses a second-person figure or object as having
broken the speaker's honour's urn.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The addressed figure or object is called a stone of offence and is associated
with stone-like hardness.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The speaker says she bowed before the addressed figure or object and made
it her god.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The speaker says she looked up with wet eyes in woe and renounced all bliss
that both worlds can bestow.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The speaker declares that she will free her soul from the addressed figure's
stony dominion.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The speaker declares that she will shatter the gem of the addressed figure's
power and the figure itself.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Zulaikha's soul
description: Named in the heading as the soul being freed.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: first-person speaker
description: A speaker using first-person language denounces and rejects a second-person
object or power.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: addressed stone-like power
description: The addressed second-person figure or object is described as a stone
of offence, as having stony dominion, and as having a gem of power.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: soul to be freed
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The heading names the freeing of Zulaikha's soul.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: renouncing devotee or speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The speaker says she had bowed before the addressed one, made it her god,
and now will free her soul from it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: rejected object of devotion or dominion
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The addressed one is called stone-like, had been made the speaker's god,
and is said to hold stony dominion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: honour's urn
literal_form: urn
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: stone of offence
literal_form: stone
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: wet eyes
literal_form: wet eyes
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: stony dominion
literal_form: stony dominion
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: gem of power
literal_form: gem
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Denunciation of a stone-like power
summary: The speaker addresses a stone-like second-person power, blaming it for
broken honour, unrest, and misfortune.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Recognition of misplaced devotion
summary: The speaker says she bowed before the addressed power, made it her god,
and renounced the bliss of both worlds while looking up in sorrow.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Freeing of the soul
summary: The speaker declares the intention to free her soul from stony dominion
and shatter the addressed power.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: liberation of the soul from a false object of devotion
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: The passage presents a speaker recognizing that she had made the addressed
power her god and then declaring that she will free her soul from its dominion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly name a broader quest; the motif label
is inferred from the stated freeing of the soul and rejection of misplaced devotion.
- id: motif:2
label: renunciation of both-worldly bliss under dominating love or devotion
taxonomy_refs:
- annihilation_union
basis: The speaker says she renounced all bliss of both worlds after looking up
with wet eyes in woe.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: low
cautions: The passage describes renunciation and devotion but does not explicitly
describe union; the taxonomy link is tentative.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: '1597'
quote_or_summary: 'Heading: “THE FREEING OF ZULAIKHA''S SOUL.”'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; brief quotation used for extraction.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: 1599-1600
quote_or_summary: The speaker addresses one who has “broken mine honour's urn” and
calls the addressee a “stone of offence.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; brief quotation used for extraction.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 1601-1602
quote_or_summary: The speaker says she should strike the heart in her breast with
the stone-like substance of the addressee.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: 1603-1604
quote_or_summary: The speaker says misfortune came “When I bowed down before thee
and made thee my god.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; brief quotation used for extraction.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 1605-1606
quote_or_summary: The speaker says she looked up with wet eyes in woe and renounced
all the bliss that both worlds can bestow.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: 1607-1608
quote_or_summary: The speaker declares, “From thy stony dominion my soul will I
free,” and says she will shatter the gem of the addressee's power.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; brief quotation used for extraction.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is based on the supplied English passage. Identification
of the first-person speaker with Zulaikha is suggested by the heading but not
directly stated in the quoted speech, so figures are kept descriptively labeled.
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 itself does not explicitly support comparison to another text or tradition.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg__l1597-l1608
passage_sha256=41e79508f202a8cc97587f4e20d736263d226d39647564bee1103de94b6d687b