batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l1973-l2010
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l1973-l2010
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: SELF-SACRIFICE / GALLANTRY AND HUMOUR / FIFTH GARDEN / A LOVERS' DIALOGUE;
lines 1973-2010
start: '1973'
end: '2010'
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 maiden and a youth exchange declarations of love. The maiden expresses
a wish for physical intimacy. The youth says he shares the desire but refuses,
citing a divine saying about friendship becoming enmity on the day of resurrection
except among the pious. He leaves, reciting verses that advise abandoning a brief
earthly love and choosing a love that endures on the day of reckoning in the eternal
abode.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage is framed as a lovers' dialogue in the Fifth Garden.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The maiden swears by God and says no one in the world is dearer to her than
the youth.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The youth replies that his soul and body now belong to the maiden and that
his heart inclines toward her.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The girl states that her only wish is mutual embrace and sweetness from one
another's lips.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The youth says his desire is the same, but he cites God the Most High about
intimate friends on the day of resurrection.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The youth states that he does not want their love to be impaired or their
friendship turned into enmity on the morning of resurrection.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: After speaking, the youth departs while reciting verses advising the heart
to abandon a brief love and choose a love fit for the day of reckoning and the
eternal abode.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Maiden
description: Female speaker who swears love for the youth and expresses a wish for
physical intimacy.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Youth
description: Male speaker who reciprocates love, cites a divine saying about resurrection,
refuses immediate gratification, and departs reciting admonitory verses.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: God the Most High
description: Divine authority invoked in the maiden's oath and cited by the youth
concerning intimate friends on the day of resurrection.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Lover
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
basis: Both human speakers declare or affirm desire and affection for one another.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: Speaker of affectionate oath
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The maiden swears by God that no one is dearer to her than the youth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: Renouncing lover and admonitory speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The youth shares the desire but refuses to act on it, invokes resurrection
judgment, departs, and recites verses about abandoning a brief love.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: Divine authority
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: God is invoked in an oath and cited as the source of the saying about intimate
friends on the day of resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Sweetness of lips
literal_form: Eating sugar from each other's lips
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: Day of resurrection and day of reckoning
literal_form: Day of resurrection; day of reckoning
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: sym:3
label: Eternal abode
literal_form: Eternal abode
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: Edifice of love
literal_form: Edifice of our love
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Declarations of love
summary: The maiden swears that the youth is dearest to her, and the youth says
his soul and body belong to her.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Desire checked by resurrection warning
summary: The girl expresses a wish for embrace and kissing; the youth says he shares
the desire but refuses because he fears their love becoming enmity at resurrection
unless it remains pious.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Departure and admonitory verse
summary: The youth leaves while reciting that the heart should abandon a two-day
love and choose a love that endures on the day of reckoning in the eternal abode.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Renunciation of immediate desire for pious endurance
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: The youth shares the maiden's desire but declines it and departs so that
their love will not become enmity at resurrection.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents self-denial rather than an explicit ritual sacrifice.
- id: motif:2
label: Relationships judged or transformed at resurrection
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- resurrection
basis: The youth cites a divine saying that intimate friends will become enemies
on the day of resurrection except the pious, and he frames his conduct by the
day of reckoning.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives a moral warning, not a narrative depiction of the resurrection
itself.
- id: motif:3
label: Brief earthly love contrasted with enduring love
taxonomy_refs:
- annihilation_union
basis: The departing verse contrasts a 'love of two days' with a love by which one
may abide in the eternal abode.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly identify the enduring love as union with
God; the taxonomy reference is therefore interpretive and needs review.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: citation
locator: lines 1973-1977
quote_or_summary: The passage heading identifies the section as 'FIFTH GARDEN' and
'A LOVERS' DIALOGUE.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short heading summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 1978-1983
quote_or_summary: The maiden swears by God, worshipped openly and secretly by men
and fairies, that no one she sees in the world is dearer to her than the youth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 1984-1990
quote_or_summary: The youth addresses the maiden as one who resides in his heart
and says his soul and body now belong to her.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 1992-1996
quote_or_summary: The girl says her only wish is that the two should put their arms
around each other's waists and eat sugar from each other's lips; the youth answers
that his desire is the same.
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 1996-2006
quote_or_summary: 'The youth cites God the Most High: on the day of resurrection
intimate friends will become enemies except the pious. He says he does not want
their love impaired or their friendship turned into enmity.'
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 2006-2010
quote_or_summary: '"O heart, abandon this love of two days" and choose a love fit
for the day of reckoning and the eternal abode.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward. Motif assignment is strongest for
renunciation, resurrection, and judgment; broader mystical-union interpretation
requires review.
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 compare this episode to another tradition or corpus.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg__l1973-l2010
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