batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l1672-l1683
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l1672-l1683
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: THE FREEING OF ZULAIKHA'S SOUL / BREAKING THE IDOL / ZULAIKHA'S YOUTH RETURNS
/ ZULAIKHA'S WISH; lines 1672-1683
start: '1672'
end: '1683'
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: Zulaikha says her single wish is to remain near the addressed beloved,
sit by his side, see him by day, rest her cheek on his foot at night, enjoy the
shade of the cypress and the sweetness of his lips, receive balm for her wounded
heart, and gain new life from the streams of his love like a dry field receiving
water.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Zulaikha replies that the sole wish of her heart is to remain near the addressee
and sit by his side.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: She wishes to see the addressee by day and lay her cheek on his foot at night.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: She imagines lying in the shade of a cypress and sipping sweetness from the
addressee's ruby lip.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: She describes her heart as wounded and the desired nearness as a soft balm.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: She says the streams of the addressee's love will bestow new life on a dry
thirsty field where the waters flow.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Zulaikha
description: Speaker of the wish in the passage heading and reply.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: unnamed addressed beloved
description: The figure addressed as “thee,” whose side, foot, lip, and love are
desired by the speaker.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: desiring speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Zulaikha states her sole wish and describes what she desires.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: beloved addressee
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The addressee is the object of Zulaikha's desired nearness, sight, bodily
devotion, and love imagery.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: cypress shade
literal_form: shade of the cypress
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: ruby lip and sugar
literal_form: sugar on the ruby lip
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: wounded heart and balm
literal_form: wounded heart receiving soft balm
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: streams of love
literal_form: streams and sweet waters flowing over a dry thirsty field
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Zulaikha states her wish
summary: Zulaikha declares that she wants nothing beyond nearness to the addressee,
bodily devotion at his feet, sweetness from his lips, healing for her wounded
heart, and new life from his love.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: longing for nearness to the beloved
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: The speaker's single wish is to remain near the beloved addressee, sit by
his side, see him, and rest at his foot.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage itself does not explicitly call the addressee divine; the
taxonomy reference is supported only by the devotional beloved pattern and the
Sufi source context supplied in metadata.
- id: motif:2
label: love as revivifying water
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The addressee's love is pictured as streams whose waters give new life to
a dry thirsty field.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The image is metaphorical within the passage; no literal miracle or resurrection
is narrated.
- id: motif:3
label: self-abasing devotion at the beloved's feet
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Zulaikha wishes to lay her cheek on the addressee's foot at night.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The social or ritual status of the gesture is not explained in the passage.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 1672-1675
quote_or_summary: Under the heading “Zulaikha's Wish,” she replies that the sole
wish of her heart is to be near the addressee and sit by his side.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 1676-1677
quote_or_summary: She wants to see the addressee by day and lay her cheek on his
foot at night.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 1678-1679
quote_or_summary: She wishes to lie in the shade of the cypress and sip the sugar
from the addressee's ruby lip.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 1680-1681
quote_or_summary: She calls this desired closeness a soft balm for her wounded heart
and says she can wish or pray for nothing beyond it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 1682-1683
quote_or_summary: She says the streams of the addressee's love will bestow new life
on a dry thirsty field where the sweet waters flow.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward. Motif labels are cautious because
the passage is strongly lyrical and metaphorical, and the addressee is not named
within the supplied passage.
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 supplied passage does not itself make an explicit comparison to another tradition, text, or motif family.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg__l1672-l1683
passage_sha256=291493769c505f157872ef0fa719869d633bd5f36d477ce81061f1de9180c03d